#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use Gtk2 -init;
use Gtk2::SimpleList;

# click on the "int" column header to sort on it

my $win = Gtk2::Window->new;
$win->signal_connect (delete_event => sub { Gtk2->main_quit; });

my $vbox = Gtk2::VBox->new;
$win->add ($vbox);

my $slist = Gtk2::SimpleList->new ( 'Int' => 'int', 'Text' => 'text' )
+;
@{$slist->{data}} = ( [11, 'text1'], [21, 'text2'], [3, 'text3'] );
$slist -> set_reorderable( 1 );

#my @columns = $slist->get_columns;
#for (my $i = 0 ; $i < @columns ; $i++) {
#$columns[$i]->set_sort_column_id ($i);
#}
# or
$slist->get_column (0)->set_sort_column_id (0);
#$slist->get_column (1)->set_sort_column_id (1);

#in case you want to catch the sort occuring
$slist->get_column(0)->signal_connect( clicked =>
                sub { warn "clicked!\n" } ); 

$vbox->add ($slist);

$win->show_all;
Gtk2->main;

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