Sorting and Grouping in Pure XAML

Sorting and grouping is possible in pure XAML. To sort and group a collection, you use a CollectionViewSource object. This object has two properties CollectionViewSource.SortDescriptions and CollectionViewSource.GroupDescriptions.

For example:

<Window
    x:Class="WindowsApplication1.Window1"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    Title="WindowsApplication1"
    Height="300" Width="300"
    xmlns:global="clr-namespace:System.Globalization;assembly=mscorlib"
    xmlns:scm="clr-namespace:System.ComponentModel;assembly=WindowsBase"
    xmlns:dat="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Data;assembly=PresentationFramework"
    >

    <Window.Resources>
        <ObjectDataProvider x:Key="CulturesProvider"
                            ObjectType="{x:Type global:CultureInfo}" 
                            MethodName="GetCultures">
            <ObjectDataProvider.MethodParameters>
                <global:CultureTypes>AllCultures</global:CultureTypes>
            </ObjectDataProvider.MethodParameters>
        </ObjectDataProvider>

        <CollectionViewSource x:Key="MyCVS"
                              Source="{StaticResource CulturesProvider}">
            <CollectionViewSource.SortDescriptions>
                <scm:SortDescription PropertyName="IetfLanguageTag" />
            </CollectionViewSource.SortDescriptions>
            <CollectionViewSource.GroupDescriptions>
                <dat:PropertyGroupDescription PropertyName="Parent" />
            </CollectionViewSource.GroupDescriptions>
        </CollectionViewSource>

    </Window.Resources>
    
    <Grid>
        <ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding Source={StaticResource MyCVS}}">
            <ListBox.GroupStyle>
                <x:Static Member="GroupStyle.Default"/>
            </ListBox.GroupStyle>
        </ListBox>
    </Grid>
</Window>

Please note that, if you want to sort in descending order, add Direction into SortDescription:

<scm:SortDescription PropertyName="IetfLanguageTag" Direction="Descending" />

 

Enjoy!