Pre-sorting a DataGrid in WPF

Question

I have a DataGrid in WPF app with several columns, including a Name column. If the users switches to a particular view, I want the data to be pre-sorted by Name

Answer 1

I know this is an old post but in addition to Drew Marsh's answer and in response to DanM's issue with the column header's arrows not appearing... You need to add the SortDirection property to the DataGridColumn:

I posted a question about this and found the answer a few days later:

ColumnHeader arrows not reflected when sorting a DataGrid in XAML