Home/ Questions/Q 182831
In Process

The Archive Base Latest Questions

Editorial Team
  • 0
Asked: 2026-05-11T15:00:32+00:00

I have a QTreeWidget that I insert items in, and the user can select

  • 0

I have a QTreeWidget that I insert items in, and the user can select a column to sort it. As the items are being inserted, they just get appended to the end instead of having the sort being done automatically. If I click the header to switch between ascending/descending it will sort the current items.

I figured I could call sortItems() and use the column that is returned from sortColumn(), but I am unable to see how I can see if the user is doing an ascending or descending sort.

I’m not worried about the efficiency of this, so I don’t want to wait until the insertions are done and then do the sort. I’d like a real-time sorted list.

Thanks!

Share

Leave an answer

You must login to add an answer.

Need An Account,

1 Answer

  1. If your tree widget is called treeWidget, you should be able to call the header() method, which is from QTreeWidget’s parent QTreeView, then sortIndicatorOrder() from the QHeaderView class:

    treeWidget->header()->sortIndicatorOrder()

    With this, you know the user’s current sort order, and you can apply your sort on insert according to this.

    • 0