# Disable sorting

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disable-sorting/130743>\
**Category:** Ruby-Gnome 2\
**Created:** [March 2, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disable-sorting/130743 "2008-03-02T23:47:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dejan\_Stevanovic](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f17d59/32.png) [@Dejan\_Stevanovic](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dejan_Stevanovic)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disable-sorting/130743/1 "2008-03-02T23:47:35Z")

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How to disable sorting on Gtk::TreeView control?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Dejan\_Stevanovic](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f17d59/32.png) [@Dejan\_Stevanovic](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dejan_Stevanovic)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 1:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disable-sorting/130743/2 "2008-03-03T01:58:37Z")

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Dejan Stevanovic wrote:

> How to disable sorting on Gtk::TreeView control?  
> Sorting is done by the column widget. See here:  
> [http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi?Gtk%3A%3ATreeViewColumn#sort\_column\_id](http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi?Gtk%3A%3ATreeViewColumn#sort_column_id)

If you assign a sort\_column\_id \>= 0 it is automatically assumed that  
sorting is enabled.

So uncomment sort\_column\_id or set it to -1

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**Author:** ![Dejan\_Stevanovic](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f17d59/32.png) [@Dejan\_Stevanovic](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dejan_Stevanovic)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 8:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disable-sorting/130743/3 "2008-03-03T08:35:18Z")

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Thanks

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 1:58 AM, Joachim G. \<