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# drawSortIndicator(withFrame:in:ascending:priority:)

Draws a sorting indicator given a cell frame contained inside a view.

```
func drawSortIndicator(withFrame cellFrame: NSRect, in controlView: NSView, ascending: Bool, priority: Int)
```

## Parameters

`cellFrame`

The cell frame.

`controlView`

The control view.

`ascending`

If YES the sort indicator is drawn as ascending; otherwise it is drawn as descending.

`priority`

If `priority` is 0, this is the primary sort indicator.

## Discussion

Override this method to customize the sorting user interface.

## See Also

[`NSTableHeaderCell`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTableHeaderCell)

An object that a table header view uses to draw the content of the column headers.


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