chore(*): Remove sortExpr as pipe trigger, since no longer needed.

Author: MKirova

projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/grid/grid.component.html

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
                 | gridRowPinning:id:true:pipeTrigger
                 | gridFiltering:filteringExpressionsTree:filterStrategy:advancedFilteringExpressionsTree:id:pipeTrigger:filteringPipeTrigger:true
                 | gridSort:sortingExpressions:groupingExpressions:sortStrategy:id:pipeTrigger:true
-                | gridCellMerge:columnsToMerge:cellMergeMode:mergeStrategy:sortingExpressions:activeRowIndexes:true:pipeTrigger; as pinnedData) {
+                | gridCellMerge:columnsToMerge:cellMergeMode:mergeStrategy:activeRowIndexes:true:pipeTrigger; as pinnedData) {
                 @if (pinnedData.length > 0) {
                     <div #pinContainer
                         [ngClass]="{
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
         | gridDetails:hasDetails:expansionStates:pipeTrigger
         | gridAddRow:false:pipeTrigger
         | gridRowPinning:id:false:pipeTrigger
-        | gridCellMerge:columnsToMerge:cellMergeMode:mergeStrategy:sortingExpressions:activeRowIndexes:false:pipeTrigger"
+        | gridCellMerge:columnsToMerge:cellMergeMode:mergeStrategy:activeRowIndexes:false:pipeTrigger"
             let-rowIndex="index" [igxForScrollOrientation]="'vertical'" [igxForScrollContainer]="verticalScroll"
             [igxForContainerSize]="calcHeight"
             [igxForItemSize]="hasColumnLayouts ? rowHeight * multiRowLayoutRowSize + 1 : renderedRowHeight"

projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/grid/grid.pipes.ts

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export class IgxGridCellMergePipe implements PipeTransform {
 
     constructor(@Inject(IGX_GRID_BASE) private grid: GridType) { }
 
-    public transform(collection: any, colsToMerge: ColumnType[], mergeMode: GridCellMergeMode, mergeStrategy: IGridMergeStrategy, sortExpr: ISortingExpression[], activeRowIndexes: number[], pinned: boolean, _pipeTrigger: number) {
+    public transform(collection: any, colsToMerge: ColumnType[], mergeMode: GridCellMergeMode, mergeStrategy: IGridMergeStrategy, activeRowIndexes: number[], pinned: boolean, _pipeTrigger: number) {
         if (colsToMerge.length === 0) {
             return collection;
         }

projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/hierarchical-grid/hierarchical-grid.component.html

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
                 | gridRowPinning:id:true:pipeTrigger
                 | gridFiltering:filteringExpressionsTree:filterStrategy:advancedFilteringExpressionsTree:id:pipeTrigger:filteringPipeTrigger:true
                 | gridSort:sortingExpressions:[]:sortStrategy:id:pipeTrigger:true
-                | gridCellMerge:columnsToMerge:cellMergeMode:mergeStrategy:sortingExpressions:activeRowIndexes:true:pipeTrigger; as pinnedData
+                | gridCellMerge:columnsToMerge:cellMergeMode:mergeStrategy:activeRowIndexes:true:pipeTrigger; as pinnedData
             ) {
                 @if (pinnedData.length > 0) {
                     <div #pinContainer class="igx-grid__tr--pinned"
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         | gridHierarchical:expansionStates:id:primaryKey:childLayoutKeys:pipeTrigger
         | gridAddRow:false:pipeTrigger
         | gridRowPinning:id:false:pipeTrigger
-        | gridCellMerge:columnsToMerge:cellMergeMode:mergeStrategy:sortingExpressions:activeRowIndexes:false:pipeTrigger"
+        | gridCellMerge:columnsToMerge:cellMergeMode:mergeStrategy:activeRowIndexes:false:pipeTrigger"
             [igxForScrollOrientation]="'vertical'" [igxForScrollContainer]="verticalScroll"
             [igxForContainerSize]="calcHeight" [igxForItemSize]="renderedRowHeight" [igxForTrackBy]="trackChanges"
             #verticalScrollContainer (chunkPreload)="dataLoading($event)" (dataChanging)="dataRebinding($event)" (dataChanged)="dataRebound($event)">

projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/tree-grid/tree-grid.component.html

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
                 | gridRowPinning:id:true:pipeTrigger
                 | treeGridFiltering:filteringExpressionsTree:filterStrategy:advancedFilteringExpressionsTree:pipeTrigger:filteringPipeTrigger:true
                 | treeGridSorting:sortingExpressions:treeGroupArea?.expressions:sortStrategy:pipeTrigger:true
-                | gridCellMerge:columnsToMerge:cellMergeMode:mergeStrategy:sortingExpressions:activeRowIndexes:true:pipeTrigger; as pinnedData
+                | gridCellMerge:columnsToMerge:cellMergeMode:mergeStrategy:activeRowIndexes:true:pipeTrigger; as pinnedData
             ) {
                 @if (pinnedData.length > 0) {
                     <div #pinContainer
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         | treeGridSummary:hasSummarizedColumns:summaryCalculationMode:summaryPosition:showSummaryOnCollapse:pipeTrigger:summaryPipeTrigger
         | treeGridAddRow:false:pipeTrigger
         | gridRowPinning:id:false:pipeTrigger
-        | gridCellMerge:columnsToMerge:cellMergeMode:mergeStrategy:sortingExpressions:activeRowIndexes:false:pipeTrigger"
+        | gridCellMerge:columnsToMerge:cellMergeMode:mergeStrategy:activeRowIndexes:false:pipeTrigger"
             let-rowIndex="index" [igxForScrollOrientation]="'vertical'" [igxForScrollContainer]='verticalScroll'
             [igxForContainerSize]='calcHeight' [igxForItemSize]="renderedRowHeight" #verticalScrollContainer
             (dataChanging)="dataRebinding($event)" (dataChanged)="dataRebound($event)">

src/app/grid-cellMerging/grid-cellMerging.component.html

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ <h4 class="sample-title">Grid with cell merge</h4>
     </igx-input-group>
 </div>
 <igx-grid [data]="data" width="800px" height="550px" [moving]="true" #grid1
-    [cellMergeMode]="'always'" [rowSelection]="'single'">
+    [cellMergeMode]="'onSort'" [rowSelection]="'single'">
     <igx-column field="OrderID" header="Order ID">
         <ng-template igxCell let-cell="cell" let-val>
             Value: {{val}},Index: {{cell.row.index}}