[Solved] Initial sorting in a grid

[rubenhak]

Hi,

Is it possible to make the grid to be sorted initially? 
I'd prefer a declarative way to do it (in XAML).

Can you guys provide an example of a grid which is initially sorted by some column.

Thank you very much,
Ruben

[Milan]

Hello rubenhak,

There is no problem to do that in XAML - just create a SortDescriptor like this:

<telerik:RadGridView Name="playersGrid"
                     ItemsSource="{Binding Players}"
                     AutoGenerateColumns="False">
    <telerik:RadGridView.SortDescriptors>
        <!-- define initial sorting by name-->
        <telerik:SortDescriptor Member="Name"/>
    </telerik:RadGridView.SortDescriptors>
    <telerik:RadGridView.Columns>
        <telerik:GridViewDataColumn DataMemberBinding="{Binding Name}"/>
        <telerik:GridViewDataColumn DataMemberBinding="{Binding Number}"/>
        <telerik:GridViewDataColumn DataMemberBinding="{Binding Position}"/>
        <telerik:GridViewDataColumn DataMemberBinding="{Binding Country}"/>
    </telerik:RadGridView.Columns>
</telerik:RadGridView>

Best wishes,
Milan
the Telerik team