Comments on: Changing the default sort arrow skin on a Flex DataGrid control

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:54:34 +0000

I know this blog is really old, but I have a correlating question. Is there any way to change the position of the sort arrow?? I’d like to have it appear just left/right of the column header text.

By: Peter deHaan

Peter deHaan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:07:40 +0000

@Kevin/A Visitor,

Using the sortArrowSkin style. The sortArrowSkin skin is just flipped vertically depending on whether it is an ascending sort or descending sort.

 id="dataGrid" ... sortArrowSkin="@Embed('assets/thumb_down.png')" />

Peter

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:40:54 +0000

How is the thumb-up icon being displayed?

By: A Visitor

A Visitor — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:56:38 +0000

How are you setting the thumb up icon?

By: peterd

peterd — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:42:09 +0000

Steve/Yaniv,

For an example, see “Displaying the sort arrow in a Flex DataGrid control without having to click a column”.

Peter

PS: A big thanks to my coworker Rob for helping me with the solution. And by “help”, I mean I stole his solution. :)

By: Yaniv

Yaniv — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:34:55 +0000

Exactly my problem, Steve :)
I need it as well, Help us oh mighty guru ! :)

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:49:19 +0000

Thanks for another great Flex tip. One question I have about the sort arrow is how do you get the sort arrow to appear without having to click on a column header? I have an app where I need the arrow to show after the data loads.