TileGrid sortByProperty() not sorting...

[slick07]

Hi there,

I am trying to use the TileGrid.sortByProperty() method to display the tiles in a given order based on a field from the DataSource. However it is not doing anything... Attached is a test case where the tiles appear in the same order as are provided by the data source.

SmartClient Version: v12.1p_2020-06-19/LGPL Development Only (built 2020-06-19)

[Isomorphic]

Try setSort(). sortByProperty is for after draw(). We'll clarify in the docs.

[slick07]

I may be missing something but there is no setSort() method for TileGrid...

[Blama]

Isomorphic It's not in the SmartGWT docs, only SmartClient. SmartGWT's DataBoundComponent does not have it.

Best regards
Blama

[slick07]

Isomorphic Any update on this? Is there any possibility to control the order of the tiles in a TileGrid?

[Isomorphic]

We plan to extend the DataBoundComponent API to provide the same setsort() method you find on ListGrid.

Until that time, you can sort a TileGrid by installing a data arrived handler that calls sortByProperty() after data is present. The reason it fails in your test code is because it's applying a one-time sort to the current data of the TileGrid, which at the time of your call is an empty array (rather than a ResultSet, which is returned from the fetch).

[slick07]

The data arrived handler workaround does the job. Thank you!