Sort (Search Engine)
Sort (Search Engine)
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DeveloperExample Implementation
sort.fn.tsx
import {
buildCriterionExpression,
Sort as HeadlessSort,
SortCriterion,
} from '@coveo/headless';
import {useEffect, useState, FunctionComponent} from 'react';
interface SortProps {
controller: HeadlessSort;
criteria: [string, SortCriterion][];
}
export const Sort: FunctionComponent<SortProps> = (props) => {
const {controller} = props;
const [state, setState] = useState(controller.state);
useEffect(() => controller.subscribe(() => setState(controller.state)), []);
const getCriterionFromName = (name: string) =>
props.criteria.find(([criterionName]) => criterionName === name)!;
const getCurrentCriterion = () =>
props.criteria.find(
([, criterion]) =>
state.sortCriteria === buildCriterionExpression(criterion)
)!;
return (
<select
value={getCurrentCriterion()[0]}
onChange={(e) =>
controller.sortBy(getCriterionFromName(e.target.value)[1])
}
>
{props.criteria.map(([criterionName]) => (
<option key={criterionName} value={criterionName}>
{criterionName}
</option>
))}
</select>
);
};
// usage
/**
* ```tsx
* const criteria: [string, SortCriterion][] = [
* ['Relevance', buildRelevanceSortCriterion()],
* ['Date (Ascending)', buildDateSortCriterion(SortOrder.Ascending)],
* ['Date (Descending)', buildDateSortCriterion(SortOrder.Descending)],
* ['Size (Ascending)', buildFieldSortCriterion('size', SortOrder.Ascending)],
* ['Size (Descending)', buildFieldSortCriterion('size', SortOrder.Descending)],
* ];
* const initialCriterion = criteria[0][1];
* const controller = buildSort(engine, {
* initialState: {criterion: initialCriterion},
* });
*
* <Sort controller={controller} criteria={criteria} />;
* ```
*/
The Sort
controller manages how the results are sorted.
Methods
isSortedBy
Verifies whether the specified sort criterion is the currently active one.
Parameters
-
criterion:
SortByRelevancy | SortByQRE | SortByDate | SortByField | SortByNoSort
The sort criterion to evaluate.
Returns boolean
: true
if the specified sort criterion is the currently active one; false
otherwise.
sortBy
Updates the sort criterion and executes a new search.
Parameters
-
criterion:
SortByRelevancy | SortByQRE | SortByDate | SortByField | SortByNoSort
The new sort criterion.
subscribe
Adds a callback that’s invoked on state change.
Parameters
-
listener:
() => void
A callback that’s invoked on state change.
Returns Unsubscribe
: A function to remove the listener.
Attributes
state
A scoped and simplified part of the headless state that is relevant to the Sort
controller.
Properties
-
sortCriteria:
string
The current sort criteria.
Initialize
buildSort
Creates a Sort
controller instance.
Parameters
-
engine:
SearchEngine
The headless engine.
-
props:
SortProps
The configurable
Sort
controller properties.
Returns Sort
SortProps
The configurable Sort
controller properties.
Properties
-
initialState?:
SortInitialState
The initial state that should be applied to this
Sort
controller.
SortInitialState
The initial state that should be applied to this Sort
controller.
Properties
-
criterion?:
SortCriterion | SortCriterion[]
The initial sort criterion to register in state.
Related Types
Unsubscribe
Call signatures
-
(): void