[richfaces-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Created: (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

[Ian Springer (JIRA)]

when in multi sort mode, provide an option to render numbers in each sorted column that indicates the current sort precedence of the columns
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                 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


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.


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