SortDescriptor.Direction Property
[WCF RIA Services Version 1 Service Pack 2 is compatible with either .NET framework 4 or .NET Framework 4.5, and with either Silverlight 4 or Silverlight 5.]
Gets or sets the sort direction.
Namespace: System.Windows.Controls
Assembly: System.Windows.Controls.DomainServices (in System.Windows.Controls.DomainServices.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Property Direction As ListSortDirection
Get
Set
'Usage
Dim instance As SortDescriptor
Dim value As ListSortDirection
value = instance.Direction
instance.Direction = value
public ListSortDirection Direction { get; set; }
public:
property ListSortDirection Direction {
ListSortDirection get ();
void set (ListSortDirection value);
}
member Direction : ListSortDirection with get, set
function get Direction () : ListSortDirection
function set Direction (value : ListSortDirection)
Property Value
Type: System.ComponentModel.ListSortDirection
The sort direction.
Examples
The following example shows how to add a sort descriptor to the DomainDataSource. The data retrieved from the query is sorted by values in the StandardCost property.
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">
<riaControls:DomainDataSource x:Name="source" QueryName="GetProducts" AutoLoad="true">
<riaControls:DomainDataSource.DomainContext>
<domain:ProductDomainContext />
</riaControls:DomainDataSource.DomainContext>
<riaControls:DomainDataSource.SortDescriptors>
<riaData:SortDescriptor PropertyPath="StandardCost" Direction="Ascending" />
<riaData:SortDescriptor PropertyPath="ProductID" Direction="Ascending" />
</riaControls:DomainDataSource.SortDescriptors>
</riaControls:DomainDataSource>
<data:DataGrid ItemsSource="{Binding Data, ElementName=source}" />
</Grid>