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What's considered the best table sorting indicator?

I've got a 'classic' table which has table heads with field names in it:

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There are a lot of ways to display an sorting indicator in a table:

  • Upwards and downwards triangles after the active field name
  • Making field names of the active field bold/underlined
  • Change the color of the active field

What's considered the best method to indicate an active table field?

Solution

  • In my opinion using upward and downward triangles is the best way, because they are unambiguous and easy to interpret.