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I'm having a CellTable with sortable Columns and it works like in the showcase (GWT CellTable showcase). But I think this is not very user friendly. Because the sort arrow icon is only on 1 column and I think it should be an all (set to be) sortable columns. How can I have a arrow icon, with the same behavior, over all sortable columns. thanks for any help :)

vicR
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An arrow shows which column is currently sorted. If you put arrows on all columns, how will a user tell which column is currently used for sorting? I think it defeats the purpose of the arrow.

Andrei Volgin
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  • hm ok seems accurate too. but how can the user tell which column he is able to sort. whats the approach for that ? – vicR Sep 23 '14 at 09:00
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    @vicR Usually, that's indicated by the cursor. `cursor: pointer` (the small hand) is used if the header is sortable, `cursor: default` otherwise. – Baz Sep 23 '14 at 09:30
  • ah ok yeah thats true, ok this should be user friendly enough ^^ thanks for your input :) – vicR Sep 23 '14 at 09:32
  • Anderi,i read your answer ,but here i have one question how to perform sorting on multiple column meaning i want to show icon on two column fields then how its possible ?Is this not a defects see the example smargwt link http://www.smartclient.com/smartgwt/showcase/#tree_sorting – moh Jul 29 '15 at 05:08