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    nsIXULSortService

    A service used to sort the contents of a XUL widget.
    Inherits from: nsISupports Last changed in Gecko 2.0 (Firefox 4 / Thunderbird 3.3 / SeaMonkey 2.1)

    Method overview

    void insertContainerNode(in nsIRDFCompositeDataSource db, in nsRDFSortState sortStatePtr, in nsIContent root, in nsIContent trueParent, in nsIContent container, in nsIContent node, in boolean aNotify); Native code only! Obsolete since Gecko 1.9
    void sort(in nsIDOMNode aNode, in AString aSortKey, in AString aSortHints);

    Constants

    Constant Value Description
    SORT_COMPARECASE 0x0001
    SORT_INTEGER 0x0100

    Methods

    Native code only!

    insertContainerNode

    Obsolete since Gecko 1.9 (Firefox 3)
    This feature is obsolete. Although it may still work in some browsers, its use is discouraged since it could be removed at any time. Try to avoid using it.

    Used internally for insertion sorting.

    void insertContainerNode(
      in nsIRDFCompositeDataSource db,
      in nsRDFSortState sortStatePtr,
      in nsIContent root,
      in nsIContent trueParent,
      in nsIContent container,
      in nsIContent node,
      in boolean aNotify
    );
    
    Parameters
    db
    sortStatePtr
    root
    trueParent
    container
    node
    aNotify

    sort()

    Sort the contents of the widget containing aNode using aSortKey as the comparison key, and aSortHints as how to sort.

    void sort(
      in nsIDOMNode aNode,
      in AString aSortKey,
      in AString aSortHints
    );
    
    Parameters
    aNode
    A node in the XUL widget whose children are to be sorted.
    aSortKey
    The value to be used as the comparison key.
    aSortHints
    One or more hints as to how to sort:
    • ascending: sort the contents in ascending order
    • descending: sort the contents in descending order
    • comparecase: perform case sensitive comparisons
    • integer: treat values as integers, non-integers are compared as strings
    • twostate: do not allow the natural (unordered state)

    See also

    Document Tags and Contributors

    Contributors to this page: Sheppy, trevorh
    Last updated by: Sheppy,