ColumnViewSorter

GtkColumnViewSorter is a sorter implementation that is geared towards the needs of GtkColumnView.

The sorter returned by method@Gtk.ColumnView.get_sorter is a GtkColumnViewSorter.

In column views, sorting can be configured by associating sorters with columns, and users can invert sort order by clicking on column headers. The API of GtkColumnViewSorter is designed to allow saving and restoring this configuration.

If you are only interested in the primary sort column (i.e. the column where a sort indicator is shown in the header), then you can just look at property@Gtk.ColumnViewSorter:primary-sort-column and property@Gtk.ColumnViewSorter:primary-sort-order.

If you want to store the full sort configuration, including secondary sort columns that are used for tie breaking, then you can use method@Gtk.ColumnViewSorter.get_nth_sort_column. To get notified about changes, use signal@Gtk.Sorter::changed.

To restore a saved sort configuration on a GtkColumnView, use code like:

sorter = gtk_column_view_get_sorter (view);
for (i = gtk_column_view_sorter_get_n_sort_columns (sorter) - 1; i >= 0; i--)
  {
    column = gtk_column_view_sorter_get_nth_sort_column (sorter, i, &order);
    gtk_column_view_sort_by_column (view, column, order);
  }

Skipped during bindings generation

• parameter sort_order: sort_order: Out parameter is not supported