Sorting a list

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I need to be able to sort a list. The way I did the sort is not the proper way.

I added buttons to the fields I want to be able to sort. But when I scroll across the list the buttons I added don't scroll like the list.

Here the sort function.

UpdateContext({ctx_sort_column: "crb1a_form_no"}); //use the actual Logical Name of this field

UpdateContext({ctx_sort_order: !ctx_sort_order})

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rroque 350 on at

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Re: Sorting a list

I can sort different columns but I don't like how I coded it.

What I wanted to do is to add buttons on each of the columns I want to sort on. Problem with this is the sort buttons when scrolling the buttons don't scroll along with the rest of the list. What am I missing?
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Re: Sorting a list

From my understanding of canvas apps there is no way to add code to the list headers. So what I did instead was to add the sort code to the onselect property of each of the columns I need to sort. Works perfectly.

Thank you all.
rroque 350 on at

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Re: Sorting a list

Keith I'm not sure where to add the buttons to.
rroque 350 on at

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Re: Sorting a list

Thats exactly the problem. With canvas apps when you add a datasource the fields and headers are pulled in together. I don't know of a way to remove the headers.
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Re: Sorting a list

This is a canvas app and the list in question is a data table. With model driven apps the sorting of the fields is a function right out of the box.
rzuber 545 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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It's a data table? That's different.. I don't know if you can get the button to line up with a column in a data table..
rroque 350 on at

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I can't seem to figure out where to place the sort icon
rroque 350 on at

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Re: Sorting a list

Heres my tree view. Can you tell me where I need to add the buttons to?
KeithAtherton 3,646 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Re: Sorting a list

Try selecting the gallery then insert a new button, it should show as nested under the gallery.

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rroque 350 on at

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Re: Sorting a list

I'm not getting how to add the buttons to the gallery.