Best way to make WPF ListView GridView sort on column-header clicking

Question

There are lots of solutions on the internet attempting to fill this seemingly very-basic omission from WPF  I m really confused as to what would be the  best  way  For example    I want there to be little up down arrows in the column header to indicate sort direction  There are apparently like 3 different ways to do this  some using code  some using markup  some using markup-plus-code  and all seeming rather like a hack   Has anyone run into this problem before  and found a solution they are completely happy with  It seems bizarre that such a basic WinForms piece of functionality is missing from WPF and needs to be hacked in

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MSDN has an easy way to perform sorting on columns with up/down glyphs. The example isn't complete, though - they don't explain how to use the data templates for the glyphs. Below is what I got to work with my ListView. This works on .Net 4.

In your ListView, you have to specify an event handler to fire for a click on the GridViewColumnHeader. My ListView looks like this:

<ListView Name="results" GridViewColumnHeader.Click="results_Click">
    <ListView.View>
        <GridView>
            <GridViewColumn DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Path=ContactName}">
                <GridViewColumn.Header>
                    <GridViewColumnHeader Content="Contact Name" Padding="5,0,0,0" HorizontalContentAlignment="Left" MinWidth="150" Name="ContactName" />
                </GridViewColumn.Header>
            </GridViewColumn>
            <GridViewColumn DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Path=PrimaryPhone}">
                <GridViewColumn.Header>
                    <GridViewColumnHeader Content="Contact Number" Padding="5,0,0,0" HorizontalContentAlignment="Left" MinWidth="150" Name="PrimaryPhone"/>
                </GridViewColumn.Header>
            </GridViewColumn>
        </GridView>
    </ListView.View>
</ListView>

In your code behind, set up the code to handle the sorting:

// Global objects
BindingListCollectionView blcv;
GridViewColumnHeader _lastHeaderClicked = null;
ListSortDirection _lastDirection = ListSortDirection.Ascending;

// Header click event
void results_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    GridViewColumnHeader headerClicked =
    e.OriginalSource as GridViewColumnHeader;
    ListSortDirection direction;

    if (headerClicked != null)
    {
    if (headerClicked.Role != GridViewColumnHeaderRole.Padding)
    {
        if (headerClicked != _lastHeaderClicked)
        {
            direction = ListSortDirection.Ascending;
        }
        else
        {
            if (_lastDirection == ListSortDirection.Ascending)
            {
                direction = ListSortDirection.Descending;
            }
            else
            {
                direction = ListSortDirection.Ascending;
            }
        }

        string header = headerClicked.Column.Header as string;
        Sort(header, direction);

        if (direction == ListSortDirection.Ascending)
        {
            headerClicked.Column.HeaderTemplate =
              Resources["HeaderTemplateArrowUp"] as DataTemplate;
        }
        else
        {
            headerClicked.Column.HeaderTemplate =
              Resources["HeaderTemplateArrowDown"] as DataTemplate;
        }

        // Remove arrow from previously sorted header
        if (_lastHeaderClicked != null && _lastHeaderClicked != headerClicked)
        {
            _lastHeaderClicked.Column.HeaderTemplate = null;
        }

        _lastHeaderClicked = headerClicked;
        _lastDirection = direction;
    }
}

// Sort code
private void Sort(string sortBy, ListSortDirection direction)
{
    blcv.SortDescriptions.Clear();
    SortDescription sd = new SortDescription(sortBy, direction);
    blcv.SortDescriptions.Add(sd);
    blcv.Refresh();
}

And then in your XAML, you need to add two DataTemplates that you specified in the sorting method:

<DataTemplate x:Key="HeaderTemplateArrowUp">
    <DockPanel LastChildFill="True" Width="{Binding ActualWidth, RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type GridViewColumnHeader}}}">
        <Path x:Name="arrowUp" StrokeThickness="1" Fill="Gray" Data="M 5,10 L 15,10 L 10,5 L 5,10" DockPanel.Dock="Right" Width="20" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Margin="5,0,5,0" SnapsToDevicePixels="True"/>
        <TextBlock Text="{Binding }" />
    </DockPanel>
</DataTemplate>

<DataTemplate x:Key="HeaderTemplateArrowDown">
    <DockPanel LastChildFill="True" Width="{Binding ActualWidth, RelativeSource={RelativeSource FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type GridViewColumnHeader}}}">
        <Path x:Name="arrowDown" StrokeThickness="1" Fill="Gray"  Data="M 5,5 L 10,10 L 15,5 L 5,5" DockPanel.Dock="Right" Width="20" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Margin="5,0,5,0" SnapsToDevicePixels="True"/>
        <TextBlock Text="{Binding }" />
    </DockPanel>
</DataTemplate>

Using the DockPanel with LastChildFill set to true will keep the glyph on the right of the header and let the label fill the rest of the space. I bound the DockPanel width to the ActualWidth of the GridViewColumnHeader because my columns have no width, which lets them autofit to the content. I did set MinWidths on the columns, though, so that the glyph doesn't cover up the column title. The TextBlock Text is set to an empty binding which displays the column name specified in the header.

User · Answer

I made an adaptation of the Microsoft way  where I override the ListView control to make a SortableListView   public partial class SortableListView   ListView                       private GridViewColumnHeader lastHeaderClicked   null          private ListSortDirection lastDirection   ListSortDirection Ascending                  public void GridViewColumnHeaderClicked GridViewColumnHeader clickedHeader                        ListSortDirection direction               if  clickedHeader    null                                if  clickedHeader Role    GridViewColumnHeaderRole Padding                                        if  clickedHeader    lastHeaderClicked                                                direction   ListSortDirection Ascending                                            else                                               if  lastDirection    ListSortDirection Ascending                                                        direction   ListSortDirection Descending                                                    else                                                       direction   ListSortDirection Ascending                                                                       string sortString     Binding clickedHeader Column DisplayMemberBinding  Path Path                       Sort sortString  direction                        lastHeaderClicked   clickedHeader                      lastDirection   direction                                                     private void Sort string sortBy  ListSortDirection direction                        ICollectionView dataView   CollectionViewSource GetDefaultView this ItemsSource    null   this ItemsSource   this Items                dataView SortDescriptions Clear                SortDescription sD   new SortDescription sortBy  direction               dataView SortDescriptions Add sD               dataView Refresh                      The line   Binding clickedHeader Column DisplayMemberBinding  Path Path bit handles the cases where your column names are not the same as their binding paths  which the Microsoft method does not do   I wanted to intercept the GridViewColumnHeader Click event so that I wouldn t have to think about it anymore  but I couldn t find a way to to do  As a result I add the following in XAML for every SortableListView   GridViewColumnHeader Click  SortableListViewColumnHeaderClicked    And then on any Window that contains any number of SortableListViews  just add the following code   private void SortableListViewColumnHeaderClicked object sender  RoutedEventArgs e                          Controls SortableListView sender  GridViewColumnHeaderClicked e OriginalSource as GridViewColumnHeader               Where Controls is just the XAML ID for the namespace in which you made the SortableListView control   So  this does prevent code duplication on the sorting side  you just need to remember to handle the event as above

User · Answer

Just wanted to add another simple way someone can sort the the WPF ListView void SortListView ListView listView        IEnumerable listView items   listView Items SourceCollection      List lt MY ITEM CLASS gt  listView items to list   listView items Cast lt MY ITEM CLASS gt    ToList         Comparer lt MY ITEM CLASS gt  scoreComparer   Comparer lt MY ITEM CLASS gt  Create  first  second    gt  first COLUMN NAME CompareTo second COLUMN NAME         listView items to list Sort scoreComparer       listView ItemsSource   null      listView Items Clear        listView ItemsSource   listView items to list

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Try this   using System ComponentModel  youtItemsControl Items SortDescriptions Add new SortDescription  yourFavoritePropertyFromItem  ListSortDirection Ascending

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After search alot  finaly i found simple here https   www wpf-tutorial com listview-control listview-how-to-column-sorting  private GridViewColumnHeader listViewSortCol   null  private SortAdorner listViewSortAdorner   null  private void GridViewColumnHeader Click object sender  RoutedEventArgs e      GridViewColumnHeader column    sender as GridViewColumnHeader     string sortBy   column Tag ToString      if  listViewSortCol    null          AdornerLayer GetAdornerLayer listViewSortCol  Remove listViewSortAdorner       yourListView Items SortDescriptions Clear           ListSortDirection newDir   ListSortDirection Ascending    if  listViewSortCol    column  amp  amp  listViewSortAdorner Direction    newDir      newDir   ListSortDirection Descending     listViewSortCol   column    listViewSortAdorner   new SortAdorner listViewSortCol  newDir     AdornerLayer GetAdornerLayer listViewSortCol  Add listViewSortAdorner     yourListView Items SortDescriptions Add new SortDescription sortBy  newDir       Class  public class SortAdorner   Adorner       private static Geometry ascGeometry           Geometry Parse  quot M 0 4 L 3 5 0 L 7 4 Z quot         private static Geometry descGeometry           Geometry Parse  quot M 0 0 L 3 5 4 L 7 0 Z quot         public ListSortDirection Direction   get  private set         public SortAdorner UIElement element  ListSortDirection dir            base element                this Direction   dir             protected override void OnRender DrawingContext drawingContext                base OnRender drawingContext            if AdornedElement RenderSize Width  lt  20              return           TranslateTransform transform   new TranslateTransform                               AdornedElement RenderSize Width - 15                   AdornedElement RenderSize Height - 5    2                        drawingContext PushTransform transform            Geometry geometry   ascGeometry          if this Direction    ListSortDirection Descending              geometry   descGeometry          drawingContext DrawGeometry Brushes Black  null  geometry            drawingContext Pop             Xaml  lt GridViewColumn Width  quot 250 quot  gt     lt GridViewColumn Header gt       lt GridViewColumnHeader Tag  quot Name quot  Click  quot GridViewColumnHeader Click quot  gt Name lt  GridViewColumnHeader gt     lt  GridViewColumn Header gt     lt GridViewColumn CellTemplate gt       lt DataTemplate gt           lt TextBlock Text  quot  Binding Name  quot  ToolTip  quot  Binding Name  quot   gt       lt  DataTemplate gt     lt  GridViewColumn CellTemplate gt   lt  GridViewColumn gt

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If you have a listview and turn it into a gridview you can easily make your gridview columns headers clickable by doing this            lt Style TargetType  GridViewColumnHeader  gt               lt Setter Property  Command  Value   Binding CommandOrderBy    gt               lt Setter Property  CommandParameter  Value   Binding RelativeSource  RelativeSource Self  Path Content    gt           lt  Style gt    Then just set a delegate command in your code       public DelegateCommand CommandOrderBy   get   return new DelegateCommand Delegated CommandOrderBy            private void Delegated CommandOrderBy object obj                throw new NotImplementedException            Im going to assume you all know how to make the ICommand DelegateCommand here  this allowed me to keep all my View clicking in the ViewModel   I only added this so that there is multiple ways to accomplish the same thing  I did not write code for adding arrow buttons in the header  but that would be done in XAML style  you would need to redesign the entire header which JanDotNet has in their code

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It all depends really  if you re using the DataGrid from the WPF Toolkit then there is a built in sort  even a multi-column sort which is very useful  Check more out here   Vincent Sibals Blog  Alternatively  if you re using a different control that doesn t support sorting  i d recommend the following methods   Li Gao s Custom Sorting  Followed by   Li Gao s Faster Sorting

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I use MVVM  so I created some attached properties of my own  using Thomas s as a reference   It does sorting on one column at a time when you click on the header  toggling between Ascending and Descending   It sorts from the very beginning using the first column   And it shows Win7 8 style glyphs   Normally  all you have to do is set the main property to true  but you have to explicitly declare the GridViewColumnHeaders     lt Window xmlns local  clr-namespace MyProjectNamespace  gt     lt Grid gt       lt ListView local App EnableGridViewSort  True  ItemsSource   Binding LVItems   gt         lt ListView View gt           lt GridView gt             lt GridViewColumn DisplayMemberBinding   Binding Property1   gt               lt GridViewColumnHeader Content  Prop 1    gt             lt  GridViewColumn gt             lt GridViewColumn DisplayMemberBinding   Binding Property2   gt               lt GridViewColumnHeader Content  Prop 2    gt             lt  GridViewColumn gt           lt  GridView gt         lt  ListView View gt       lt  ListView gt     lt  Grid gt   lt Window gt    If you want to sort on a different property than the display  than you have to declare that    lt GridViewColumn DisplayMemberBinding   Binding Property3                   local App GridViewSortPropertyName  Property4  gt       lt GridViewColumnHeader Content  Prop 3    gt   lt  GridViewColumn gt    Here s the code for the attached properties  I like to be lazy and put them in the provided App xaml cs   using System  using System ComponentModel  using System Windows  using System Windows Controls  using System Windows Data  using System Windows Media  using System Windows Media Media3D   namespace MyProjectNamespace     public partial class App   Application            region GridViewSort       public static DependencyProperty GridViewSortPropertyNameProperty             DependencyProperty RegisterAttached                 GridViewSortPropertyName                  typeof string                  typeof App                  new UIPropertyMetadata null                      public static string GetGridViewSortPropertyName GridViewColumn gvc                    return  string gvc GetValue GridViewSortPropertyNameProperty                  public static void SetGridViewSortPropertyName GridViewColumn gvc  string n                    gvc SetValue GridViewSortPropertyNameProperty  n                  public static DependencyProperty CurrentSortColumnProperty             DependencyProperty RegisterAttached                 CurrentSortColumn                  typeof GridViewColumn                  typeof App                  new UIPropertyMetadata                    null                     new PropertyChangedCallback CurrentSortColumnChanged                                      public static GridViewColumn GetCurrentSortColumn GridView gv                    return  GridViewColumn gv GetValue CurrentSortColumnProperty                  public static void SetCurrentSortColumn GridView gv  GridViewColumn value                    gv SetValue CurrentSortColumnProperty  value                  public static void CurrentSortColumnChanged            object sender  DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e                    GridViewColumn gvcOld   e OldValue as GridViewColumn            if  gvcOld    null                            CurrentSortColumnSetGlyph gvcOld  null                              public static void CurrentSortColumnSetGlyph GridViewColumn gvc  ListView lv                    ListSortDirection lsd            Brush brush            if  lv    null                            lsd   ListSortDirection Ascending                brush   Brushes Transparent                        else                           SortDescriptionCollection sdc   lv Items SortDescriptions                if  sdc    null    sdc Count  lt  1  return                lsd   sdc 0  Direction                brush   Brushes Gray                         FrameworkElementFactory fefGlyph                  new FrameworkElementFactory typeof Path              fefGlyph Name    arrow             fefGlyph SetValue Path StrokeThicknessProperty  1 0             fefGlyph SetValue Path FillProperty  brush             fefGlyph SetValue StackPanel HorizontalAlignmentProperty                 HorizontalAlignment Center              int s   4            if  lsd    ListSortDirection Ascending                            PathFigure pf   new PathFigure                  pf IsClosed   true                pf StartPoint   new Point 0  s                 pf Segments Add new LineSegment new Point s   2  s   false                  pf Segments Add new LineSegment new Point s  0   false                   PathGeometry pg   new PathGeometry                  pg Figures Add pf                  fefGlyph SetValue Path DataProperty  pg                         else                           PathFigure pf   new PathFigure                  pf IsClosed   true                pf StartPoint   new Point 0  0                 pf Segments Add new LineSegment new Point s  s   false                  pf Segments Add new LineSegment new Point s   2  0   false                   PathGeometry pg   new PathGeometry                  pg Figures Add pf                  fefGlyph SetValue Path DataProperty  pg                          FrameworkElementFactory fefTextBlock                  new FrameworkElementFactory typeof TextBlock              fefTextBlock SetValue TextBlock HorizontalAlignmentProperty                HorizontalAlignment Center             fefTextBlock SetValue TextBlock TextProperty  new Binding                FrameworkElementFactory fefDockPanel                  new FrameworkElementFactory typeof StackPanel              fefDockPanel SetValue StackPanel OrientationProperty                Orientation Vertical             fefDockPanel AppendChild fefGlyph             fefDockPanel AppendChild fefTextBlock              DataTemplate dt   new DataTemplate typeof GridViewColumn              dt VisualTree   fefDockPanel             gvc HeaderTemplate   dt                 public static DependencyProperty EnableGridViewSortProperty             DependencyProperty RegisterAttached                 EnableGridViewSort                  typeof bool                  typeof App                  new UIPropertyMetadata                    false                     new PropertyChangedCallback EnableGridViewSortChanged                                      public static bool GetEnableGridViewSort ListView lv                    return  bool lv GetValue EnableGridViewSortProperty                  public static void SetEnableGridViewSort ListView lv  bool value                    lv SetValue EnableGridViewSortProperty  value                  public static void EnableGridViewSortChanged            object sender  DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e                    ListView lv   sender as ListView            if  lv    null  return             if    e NewValue is bool   return            bool enableGridViewSort    bool e NewValue             if  enableGridViewSort                            lv AddHandler                    GridViewColumnHeader ClickEvent                    new RoutedEventHandler EnableGridViewSortGVHClicked                                 if  lv View    null                                    lv Loaded    new RoutedEventHandler EnableGridViewSortLVLoaded                                 else                                   EnableGridViewSortLVInitialize lv                                         else                           lv RemoveHandler                    GridViewColumnHeader ClickEvent                    new RoutedEventHandler EnableGridViewSortGVHClicked                                              public static void EnableGridViewSortLVLoaded object sender  RoutedEventArgs e                    ListView lv   e Source as ListView            EnableGridViewSortLVInitialize lv             lv Loaded -  new RoutedEventHandler EnableGridViewSortLVLoaded                  public static void EnableGridViewSortLVInitialize ListView lv                    GridView gv   lv View as GridView            if  gv    null  return             bool first   true            foreach  GridViewColumn gvc in gv Columns                            if  first                                    EnableGridViewSortApplySort lv  gv  gvc                     first   false                                else                                   CurrentSortColumnSetGlyph gvc  null                                              public static void EnableGridViewSortGVHClicked            object sender  RoutedEventArgs e                    GridViewColumnHeader gvch   e OriginalSource as GridViewColumnHeader            if  gvch    null  return            GridViewColumn gvc   gvch Column            if gvc    null  return                        ListView lv   VisualUpwardSearch lt ListView gt  gvch             if  lv    null  return            GridView gv   lv View as GridView            if  gv    null  return             EnableGridViewSortApplySort lv  gv  gvc                  public static void EnableGridViewSortApplySort            ListView lv  GridView gv  GridViewColumn gvc                    bool isEnabled   GetEnableGridViewSort lv             if   isEnabled  return             string propertyName   GetGridViewSortPropertyName gvc             if  string IsNullOrEmpty propertyName                             Binding b   gvc DisplayMemberBinding as Binding                if  b    null  amp  amp  b Path    null                                    propertyName   b Path Path                                 if  string IsNullOrEmpty propertyName   return                         ApplySort lv Items  propertyName             SetCurrentSortColumn gv  gvc             CurrentSortColumnSetGlyph gvc  lv                  public static void ApplySort ICollectionView view  string propertyName                    if  string IsNullOrEmpty propertyName   return             ListSortDirection lsd   ListSortDirection Ascending            if  view SortDescriptions Count  gt  0                            SortDescription sd   view SortDescriptions 0                 if  sd PropertyName Equals propertyName                                     if  sd Direction    ListSortDirection Ascending                                            lsd   ListSortDirection Descending                                        else                                           lsd   ListSortDirection Ascending                                                    view SortDescriptions Clear                           view SortDescriptions Add new SortDescription propertyName  lsd                   endregion        public static T VisualUpwardSearch lt T gt  DependencyObject source             where T   DependencyObject                   return VisualUpwardSearch source  x   gt  x is T  as T                 public static DependencyObject VisualUpwardSearch                            DependencyObject source  Predicate lt DependencyObject gt  match                    DependencyObject returnVal   source             while  returnVal    null  amp  amp   match returnVal                             DependencyObject tempReturnVal   null                if  returnVal is Visual    returnVal is Visual3D                                    tempReturnVal   VisualTreeHelper GetParent returnVal                                 if  tempReturnVal    null                                    returnVal   LogicalTreeHelper GetParent returnVal                                 else                                   returnVal   tempReturnVal                                         return returnVal

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Solution that summarizes all working parts of existing answers and comments including column header templates   View    lt ListView x Class  MyNamspace MyListView               xmlns  http   schemas microsoft com winfx 2006 xaml presentation               xmlns x  http   schemas microsoft com winfx 2006 xaml               xmlns mc  http   schemas openxmlformats org markup-compatibility 2006                xmlns d  http   schemas microsoft com expression blend 2008               mc Ignorable  d                d DesignHeight  300  d DesignWidth  300               ItemsSource   Binding Items                GridViewColumnHeader Click  ListViewColumnHeaderClick  gt       lt ListView Resources gt            lt Style TargetType  Grid  x Key  HeaderGridStyle  gt               lt Setter Property  Height  Value  20    gt           lt  Style gt            lt Style TargetType  TextBlock  x Key  HeaderTextBlockStyle  gt               lt Setter Property  Margin  Value  5 0 0 0    gt               lt Setter Property  VerticalAlignment  Value  Center    gt           lt  Style gt            lt Style TargetType  Path  x Key  HeaderPathStyle  gt               lt Setter Property  StrokeThickness  Value  1    gt               lt Setter Property  Fill  Value  Gray    gt               lt Setter Property  Width  Value  20    gt               lt Setter Property  HorizontalAlignment  Value  Center    gt               lt Setter Property  Margin  Value  5 0 5 0    gt               lt Setter Property  SnapsToDevicePixels  Value  True    gt           lt  Style gt            lt DataTemplate x Key  HeaderTemplateDefault  gt               lt Grid Style   StaticResource HeaderGridStyle   gt                   lt TextBlock Text   Binding    Style   StaticResource HeaderTextBlockStyle     gt               lt  Grid gt           lt  DataTemplate gt            lt DataTemplate x Key  HeaderTemplateArrowUp  gt               lt Grid Style   StaticResource HeaderGridStyle   gt                   lt Path Data  M 7 3 L 13 3 L 10 0 L 7 3  Style   StaticResource HeaderPathStyle     gt                   lt TextBlock Text   Binding    Style   StaticResource HeaderTextBlockStyle     gt               lt  Grid gt           lt  DataTemplate gt            lt DataTemplate x Key  HeaderTemplateArrowDown  gt               lt Grid Style   StaticResource HeaderGridStyle   gt                   lt Path Data  M 7 0 L 10 3 L 13 0 L 7 0   Style   StaticResource HeaderPathStyle     gt                   lt TextBlock Text   Binding    Style   StaticResource HeaderTextBlockStyle     gt               lt  Grid gt           lt  DataTemplate gt        lt  ListView Resources gt        lt ListView View gt           lt GridView ColumnHeaderTemplate   StaticResource HeaderTemplateDefault   gt                lt GridViewColumn Header  Name  DisplayMemberBinding   Binding NameProperty     gt               lt GridViewColumn Header  Type  Width  45  DisplayMemberBinding   Binding TypeProperty    gt                lt  --     -- gt            lt  GridView gt       lt  ListView View gt   lt  ListView gt    Code Behinde   public partial class MyListView   ListView       GridViewColumnHeader  lastHeaderClicked   null       public MyListView                 InitializeComponent               private void ListViewColumnHeaderClick object sender  RoutedEventArgs e                GridViewColumnHeader headerClicked   e OriginalSource as GridViewColumnHeader           if  headerClicked    null              return           if  headerClicked Role    GridViewColumnHeaderRole Padding              return           var sortingColumn    headerClicked Column DisplayMemberBinding as Binding   Path  Path          if  sortingColumn    null              return           var direction   ApplySort Items  sortingColumn            if  direction    ListSortDirection Ascending                        headerClicked Column HeaderTemplate                   Resources  HeaderTemplateArrowUp   as DataTemplate                    else                       headerClicked Column HeaderTemplate                   Resources  HeaderTemplateArrowDown   as DataTemplate                        Remove arrow from previously sorted header         if   lastHeaderClicked    null  amp  amp   lastHeaderClicked    headerClicked                         lastHeaderClicked Column HeaderTemplate                   Resources  HeaderTemplateDefault   as DataTemplate                      lastHeaderClicked   headerClicked              public static ListSortDirection ApplySort ICollectionView view  string propertyName                ListSortDirection direction   ListSortDirection Ascending          if  view SortDescriptions Count  gt  0                        SortDescription currentSort   view SortDescriptions 0               if  currentSort PropertyName    propertyName                                if  currentSort Direction    ListSortDirection Ascending                      direction   ListSortDirection Descending                  else                     direction   ListSortDirection Ascending                            view SortDescriptions Clear                      if   string IsNullOrEmpty propertyName                         view SortDescriptions Add new SortDescription propertyName  direction                      return direction

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I wrote a set of attached properties to automatically sort a GridView  you can check it out here  It doesn t handle the up down arrow  but it could easily be added    lt ListView ItemsSource   Binding Persons             IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem  True            util GridViewSort AutoSort  True  gt       lt ListView View gt           lt GridView gt               lt GridView Columns gt                   lt GridViewColumn Header  Name                                  DisplayMemberBinding   Binding Name                                   util GridViewSort PropertyName  Name   gt                   lt GridViewColumn Header  First name                                  DisplayMemberBinding   Binding FirstName                                   util GridViewSort PropertyName  FirstName   gt                   lt GridViewColumn Header  Date of birth                                  DisplayMemberBinding   Binding DateOfBirth                                   util GridViewSort PropertyName  DateOfBirth   gt               lt  GridView Columns gt           lt  GridView gt       lt  ListView View gt   lt  ListView gt

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