sorting works on grouped data also. checkout the example here http://vam1021.webs.com/ADGPanel/
--- In [email protected], "golnooshp" <golnoo...@...> wrote: > > Hi, > I have an advancedDataGrid that I need to add custom sorting to it which > overrides the original sort! my sorting should work using a combobox to > select ascending and desending from with a sort button! I know this is a bug > in flex that its original sorting only works in hierarchical data and not for > groupingCollection > the dataProvider of my grid is a flat data. however, in the UI, the user can > add grouping to the AdvancedDataGrid. so I want the sort to work on grouped > data! > let's say the columns are : country, province, city. population and there is > grouping on country and province > so the sorting should do the following: > 1) if the user does a descending sort on country: only unitedStates will go > up and Canada will go down. > 2)if the user does a descending sort on province: the order of the grouping > of province will change to Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia > 3) if the user does a soring on city: although this is not a grouped column, > it should do the sorting on all the cities. > > > Thanks, >

