From 4ab464cede7be05e3420f56994bd1e19c5c30e02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: empower-josh <45080572+empower-josh@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2019 01:29:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add public methods to access Lists widget's sort direction &
 column (#4746)

Credit to @empower-josh.
---
 modules/backend/widgets/Lists.php | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/modules/backend/widgets/Lists.php b/modules/backend/widgets/Lists.php
index f1946d747..59fc31194 100644
--- a/modules/backend/widgets/Lists.php
+++ b/modules/backend/widgets/Lists.php
@@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@ class Lists extends WidgetBase
     /**
      * Returns the current sorting column, saved in a session or cached.
      */
-    protected function getSortColumn()
+    public function getSortColumn()
     {
         if (!$this->isSortable()) {
             return false;
@@ -1564,6 +1564,14 @@ class Lists extends WidgetBase
         return $this->sortColumn;
     }
 
+    /*
+     * Returns the current sort direction or default of 'asc'
+     */
+    public function getSortDirection()
+    {
+        return $this->sortDirection ?? 'asc';
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns true if the column can be sorted.
      */