Odd behavior for getAutoSortDir

[colindjk]

Currently getAutoSortDir in file table-core/src/features/Sorting.ts has a return value dependent on the type of data received in the first row of data passed to the useTableInstance hook.

I was curious, could this be updated to be consistent regardless of sort direction?

Currently I'm working with a column that can either have strings or objects as it's value, which makes the behavior of the column break since this can happen:

• Unsorted (first row is a string value)
• User triggers sort -> Sorted (Asc)
  • Asc first since row value was string
• Row value is now an object
  • Next sort order is false aka unsorted.

Proposal:

• Auto sort direction is always the same, unless specific differently via options.

[bboyz269]

Agree, guessing initial sort direction is really weird. Wouldn't it be better to have ascending order by default and force devs to set it?
I can't think of a case where initial sort direction of specific column requires to be dynamic.

Or at least a warning in documents / console since this odd behavior is so common with string column that has undefined values.
// Took me whole day to find this topic and understand what's wrong. I fixed my case of specify sortDescFirst for columns that might have undefined values