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Multiple column ordering

See original GitHub issue

It would be nice if there was a possibility of sorting/ordering on more than one column at a time.

From JSON:API:

An endpoint MAY support multiple sort fields by allowing comma-separated (U+002C COMMA, “,”) sort fields. Sort fields SHOULD be applied in the order specified.
GET /people?sort=age,name HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/vnd.api+json
The sort order for each sort field MUST be ascending unless it is prefixed with a minus (U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS, “-”), in which case it MUST be descending.
GET /articles?sort=-created,title HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/vnd.api+json
The above example should return the newest articles first. Any articles created on the same date will then be sorted by their title in ascending alphabetical order.

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gligorancommented, Aug 14, 2015

I’d suggest using a 3-state switch for sorting instead of a modifier key so it can be done on mobile devices as well. So it would go in this order: ascending, descending, no sort.

And the order of sorting is of course as @jsenecal suggested:

ie -> click name then id would sort by “name” then by “ID” if after that you re-click name, then you would sort by ID and then by name.

But it would be a nice thing to have some sort of a visual representation of this. A small number next to the sort arrow maybe, like the one mentioned here: http://ux.stackexchange.com/a/34790/2538

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jsenecalcommented, Aug 13, 2015

I guess the CTRL + Click option is a good one, you could leave the actual explanation to the front end dev.

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