GtkTreeSortable

typedef struct _GtkTreeSortable GtkTreeSortable;

GtkTreeSortableIface

typedef struct {
  GTypeInterface g_iface;

  /* signals */
  void     (* sort_column_changed)   (GtkTreeSortable        *sortable);

  /* virtual table */
  gboolean (* get_sort_column_id)    (GtkTreeSortable        *sortable,
				      gint                   *sort_column_id,
				      GtkSortType            *order);
  void     (* set_sort_column_id)    (GtkTreeSortable        *sortable,
				      gint                    sort_column_id,
				      GtkSortType             order);
  void     (* set_sort_func)         (GtkTreeSortable        *sortable,
				      gint                    sort_column_id,
				      GtkTreeIterCompareFunc  func,
				      gpointer                data,
				      GtkDestroyNotify        destroy);
  void     (* set_default_sort_func) (GtkTreeSortable        *sortable,
				      GtkTreeIterCompareFunc  func,
				      gpointer                data,
				      GtkDestroyNotify        destroy);
  gboolean (* has_default_sort_func) (GtkTreeSortable        *sortable);
} GtkTreeSortableIface;

GtkTreeIterCompareFunc ()

gint        (*GtkTreeIterCompareFunc)       (GtkTreeModel *model,
                                             GtkTreeIter *a,
                                             GtkTreeIter *b,
                                             gpointer user_data);

A GtkTreeIterCompareFunc should return a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer if a sorts before b, a sorts with b, or a sorts after b respectively. If two iters compare as equal, their order in the sorted model is undefined. In order to ensure that the GtkTreeSortable behaves as expected, the GtkTreeIterCompareFunc must define a partial order on the model, i.e. it must be reflexive, antisymmetric and transitive.

For example, if model is a product catalogue, then a compare function for the "price" column could be one which returns price_of(a) - price_of(b).

gtk_tree_sortable_sort_column_changed ()

void        gtk_tree_sortable_sort_column_changed
                                            (GtkTreeSortable *sortable);

Emits a GtkTreeSortable::sort_column_changed signal on

gtk_tree_sortable_get_sort_column_id ()

gboolean    gtk_tree_sortable_get_sort_column_id
                                            (GtkTreeSortable *sortable,
                                             gint *sort_column_id,
                                             GtkSortType *order);

Fills in sort_column_id and order with the current sort column and the order. It returns TRUE unless the sort_column_id is GTK_TREE_SORTABLE_DEFAULT_SORT_COLUMN_ID or GTK_TREE_SORTABLE_UNSORTED_SORT_COLUMN_ID.

gtk_tree_sortable_set_sort_column_id ()

void        gtk_tree_sortable_set_sort_column_id
                                            (GtkTreeSortable *sortable,
                                             gint sort_column_id,
                                             GtkSortType order);

Sets the current sort column to be sort_column_id. The sortable will resort itself to reflect this change, after emitting a GtkTreeSortable::sort_column_changed signal. If sort_column_id is GTK_TREE_SORTABLE_DEFAULT_SORT_COLUMN_ID, then the default sort function will be used, if it is set.

gtk_tree_sortable_set_sort_func ()

void        gtk_tree_sortable_set_sort_func (GtkTreeSortable *sortable,
                                             gint sort_column_id,
                                             GtkTreeIterCompareFunc sort_func,
                                             gpointer user_data,
                                             GtkDestroyNotify destroy);

Sets the comparison function used when sorting to be sort_func. If the current sort column id of sortable is the same as sort_column_id, then the model will sort using this function.

gtk_tree_sortable_set_default_sort_func ()

void        gtk_tree_sortable_set_default_sort_func
                                            (GtkTreeSortable *sortable,
                                             GtkTreeIterCompareFunc sort_func,
                                             gpointer user_data,
                                             GtkDestroyNotify destroy);

Sets the default comparison function used when sorting to be sort_func. If the current sort column id of sortable is GTK_TREE_SORTABLE_DEFAULT_SORT_COLUMN_ID, then the model will sort using this function.

If sort_func is NULL, then there will be no default comparison function. This means that once the model has been sorted, it can't go back to the default state. In this case, when the current sort column id of sortable is GTK_TREE_SORTABLE_DEFAULT_SORT_COLUMN_ID, the model will be unsorted.

gtk_tree_sortable_has_default_sort_func ()

gboolean    gtk_tree_sortable_has_default_sort_func
                                            (GtkTreeSortable *sortable);

Returns TRUE if the model has a default sort function. This is used primarily by GtkTreeViewColumns in order to determine if a model can go back to the default state, or not.

The "sort-column-changed" signal

void        user_function                  (GtkTreeSortable *treesortable,
                                            gpointer user_data);