[richfaces-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Updated: (RF-8272) when in multi sort mode, provide an option to render numbers in each sorted column that indicates the current sort precedence of the columns

when in multi sort mode, provide an option to render numbers in each sorted column that indicates the current sort precedence of the columns -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: RF-8272 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/RF-8272 Project: RichFaces Issue Type: Feature Request Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Components: component-tables Affects Versions: 3.3.2.SR1 Reporter: Ian Springer Assignee: Anton Belevich Fix For: 4.0.0.BETA1 Attachments: Screenshot-RHQ - Linux 'jetengine' - Inventory Data - Mozilla Firefox.png For example, if a table is currently multi-sorted by three columns - Name, Description, and Price, there is no quick way to know for each of these three columns, whether it is the primary, secondary, or tertiary sort column. A tiny "1", "2", and "3" next to the up or down arrow icon would clear this up nicely. For the RHQ project, we currently have a custom sorting facet which supports this feature. The facet is applied to a column as follows: <rich:column> <f:facet name="header"> <onc:sortableColumnHeader sort="res.resourceType.name"> <h:outputText styleClass="headerText" value="Type"/> </onc:sortableColumnHeader> </f:facet> <h:outputText value="#{resourceComposite.resource.resourceType.name}"/> </rich:column> I've attached a screenshot that shows how the column headers are rendered with the little numbers. I am creating this issue, because we would prefer using a built-in RichFaces feature, rather than a custom facet.