From b4738926493db56ab99eb96b361a6b2c55487300 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: 0x90d <46010672+0x90d@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2021 05:29:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update DataGridColumn.cs

---
 .../DataGridColumn.cs                         | 20 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls.DataGrid/DataGridColumn.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls.DataGrid/DataGridColumn.cs
index 4ab2869138..07adac597f 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls.DataGrid/DataGridColumn.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls.DataGrid/DataGridColumn.cs
@@ -653,6 +653,26 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
             return null;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Switches the current state of sort direction
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="clear">Clear the current sort direction instead</param>
+        public void PerformSort(bool clear)
+        {
+            //InvokeProcessSort is already validating if sorting is possible
+            _headerCell?.InvokeProcessSort(clear ? Input.KeyModifiers.Control : Input.KeyModifiers.None);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Changes the sort direction of this column
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="direction">New sort direction</param>
+        public void PerformSort(ListSortDirection direction)
+        {
+            //InvokeProcessSort is already validating if sorting is possible
+            _headerCell?.InvokeProcessSort(Input.KeyModifiers.None, direction);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// When overridden in a derived class, causes the column cell being edited to revert to the unedited value.
         /// </summary>