Grid sort .Groupable() descending by default

[Matt]

when I use .Groupable() in my grid it sorts the column that I have set to be grouped ascending by default. are there some parameters I can pass through to have it sort descending by default? Column names are variable so I cannot specify a by column name.

[Anton Mironov]

Hello Matt,

Thank you for the image and details provided.

I am not totally sure about the "default" requirement task:

• If you need to sort a field from your Kendo UI Grid programmatically in descending order, I would recommend using the approach from the following article:
  https://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/data/datasource/configuration/sort
  
  
• If clicking on the column has to sort first in descending order could only be handled with a custom implementation. Handle the click of a "th" element and implement your custom sorting to the Grid.

I hope this information helps.

Kind Regards,
Anton Mironov
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[Matt]

This is not at all what I asked to do.

[Anton Mironov]

Hi Matt,

Could you please share more details about the expected behavior?

In my previous reply, I was asking for more details. Once I have further information will try my best to achieve the needed result.

Looking forward to hearing back from you.

Best Regards,
Anton Mironov

[Matt]

Not sure how I can make it more clear. When I drag a column to be grouped it sorts it ascending by default. I want it to sort descending by default.

[Eyup]

Hi Matt,

This requirement is supproted and you can achieve it using the following approach:

groupable.Sort(sort => sort.Dir(ListSortDirection.Descending))

The full snippet you can see here:
https://docs.telerik.com/aspnet-mvc/api/Kendo.Mvc.UI.Fluent/GridBoundColumnGroupableSortBuilder#dirsystemcomponentmodellistsortdirection
Feel free to give it a try and let me know if it helps you.