#1 Descending Sort Order

[Eli Marmor]

[sorry if this is a Frequently Requested Feature, or
already supported]

A useful feature which is very needed by many people
(in my humble opinion): to allow descending sort order,
in addition to the ascending one which is already
supported.

After implementing it, there are 2 possible interfaces to
use it:

1. By arrows: one arrow for ascending order and an
opposite arrow for descending one. This interface is
popular in other products and sortable tables.

2. By the current interface (that the column header is
clickable, without having separate "up" and "down"
options): in this way, a click on the header will usually
activate the ascending sort order (like now), but a
second click will activate the descending order.
Implementation: when the header is clicked, the code
will check if something has to be done in order to have
an ascending sort order. If so, it will be resorted.
However, if everything is already (ascending) ordered,
then the descending order will be activated.

Thanks in any case for your cool stuff!

[John Aguinaldo]

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Thanks for the excellent suggestion Eli!

I agree, and it is actually on the roadmap, but I forgot to
put it on the task list.

I am leaning towards keeping the interface simple by keeping
the existing single link for sorting and simply toggle
between ascending and descending sorts with each successive
click.
However, I will probably implement this feature in the code
such that you can explicitly call an ascending sort or a
descending sort as well as call a toggled sort. This will
allow you to use the up/down sort arrows if you prefer.

Thanks again for the suggestion!

John