Tabular Data Sorting and Display

摘要

A method and apparatus, including a computer program product, implementing techniques for displaying a table of data including a set of markers associated with rows or columns of the table, the table having one or more sort keys having a sort key order including a most significant sort key, each sort key being a row or column of the table; receiving a user input gesture selecting a marker; establishing the row or column associated with the user-selected marker as the most significant sort key, and maintaining the positions of the remaining sort keys in the sort key order; sorting the data using the sort key order; and displaying the sorted data. The techniques also include representing visually a sort key order for a table of data by displaying on a graphical user interface display one or more markers with a pattern of distinct visual properties.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
one or more computers configured to perform operation comprising:
displaying a table of data having a plurality of columns;receiving an input selecting a displayed marker associated with a particular column of the plurality of columns;establishing the particular column associated with the selected marker as a most significant sort key in a sort key order having a plurality of sort keys, where establishing the particular row or column as the most significant sort key includes maintaining a position and a sort direction of each of two or more other sort keys of the plurality of sort keys in the sort key order;sorting the columns of the table of data according to the plurality of sort keys, the sort key order, and the sort directions; anddisplaying the sorted table of data.