Add default_sort parameter to mo.ui.table

[sarah-utilityapi]

Description

I am hoping to be able to write the following code that would mean that a ui.table gets initially rendered with a sorted column.

mo.ui.table(data, default_sort='Title')

where 'Title' is the column name name of the.

By default it would be ascending.

We would need a mechanism to specify descending. Possible options

ascending=False  # like pandas
default_sort='-Title'  # like django
default_sort='ASC:Title' or default_sort='DESC:Title' 

If a user then subsequently sorts on a different column the default sort would be lost.

Suggested solution

I've sketched out an API above. I don't know about the under-the-hood implementation.

Alternative

No response

Additional context

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[mscolnick]

Why not sort the dataframe before passing it into the table? This way you'd have more flexibility with the sorting too

[sarah-utilityapi]

When I was working with dataframes I was doing that. In this case I'm passing in a list of dictionaries that I've constructed with plain data and mo.ui components (such as making html link outputs.) In the light of morning, I'm realizing that I can sort this list, and will.

This is slightly lacking as a complete UX solution because it won't show to the user the sort that's been pre-applied. But it gets me out of my jam. Thanks!

[mscolnick]

Got it, just wanted to understand the use-case (besides some logic), which is: show the user how the data is currently sorted. Thank you, this makes sense.