[patch]dojox.grid.DataGrid does not honor sortDesc of cell

[rjones]

ticket #6545 says that sortDesc has been added to structure cells, but sortDesc is not honored when the grid is created. Calling grid.getSortIndex() returns -1 when based on the defined structure it should return 1.

For example see ​http://www.sitepen.com/labs/code/grid/new_grid_features/border_container.html from ​http://www.sitepen.com/blog/2008/10/22/new-features-in-dojo-grid-12/.

Example is using 1.2.0 but I've also verified the same behavior in 1.2.3 using aol cdn. NOTE 1.2.3 is not an option for version.

[evan]

It's not clear whether the 'sortDesc' was effective in the example since that column was images.

The attached "datagrid-#8263.patch" might be a better way for setting default single sorting order for a column, e.g.

//set default desc sorting order for 4th column
var grid = new dojox.grid.DataGrid({sortInfo:-4, ...});

[Colin Snover]

Bulk update of open ticket priorities.

[Kitson Kelly]

dojox/grid is now fully deprecated and not being actively developed. If you are still interested in this patch, if you could get it to apply cleanly against trunk and we can get it applied.

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