#880 - ability to provide custom sorting function to the ListView

Author: AJIXuMuK

docs/documentation/docs/controls/ListView.md

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ The ListView control can be configured with the following properties:
 | dragDropFiles | boolean | no | Specify the drag and drop files area option. Default false. |
 | onDrop | file | no | Event handler returns files from drag and drop. |
 | stickyHeader | boolean | no | Specifies if the header of the `ListView`, including search box, is sticky |
+| sortItems | (items: any[], columnName: string, descending: boolean) => any[] | no | Custom sorting function to handle sorting by column |
 
 The `IViewField` has the following implementation:
 

src/controls/listView/IListView.ts

@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ export interface IListViewProps {
  * Set to false by default
  */
   stickyHeader?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Custom sorting function.
+   * @returns sorted collection of items
+   */
+  sortItems?: (items: any[], columnName: string, descending: boolean) => any[];
 }
 
 export interface IListViewState {

src/controls/listView/ListView.tsx

@@ -459,6 +459,9 @@ export class ListView extends React.Component<IListViewProps, IListViewState> {
    * @param descending
    */
   private _sortItems(items: any[], columnName: string, descending = false): any[] {
+    if (this.props.sortItems) {
+      return this.props.sortItems(items, columnName, descending);
+    }
     // Sort the items
     const ascItems = sortBy(items, [columnName]);
     const sortedItems = descending ? ascItems.reverse() : ascItems;