Programmatically sorting my SortableBindingList

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I have a class that implements a sortable binding list:

public class MySortableBindingList_C<T> : BindingList<T>, IBindingListView, IBindingList, IList, ICollection, IEnumerable

It works just fine in a data grid view, this successfully sorts the list:

    public Form1(MySortableBindingList_C<Widget_C> sortable)
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        dataGridView1.DataSource = sortable;
        dataGridView1.Sort(dataGridView1.Columns["Id"], ListSortDirection.Ascending);
        this.Close();
    }

But how do I sort that without the use of DataGridView?

Things I have tried:

MySortableBindingList_C<Widget_C> sortable = new MySortableBindingList_C<Widget_C>();
sortable.Add(new Widget_C { Id = 5, Name = "Five" });
sortable.Add(new Widget_C { Id = 3, Name = "Three" });
sortable.Add(new Widget_C { Id = 2, Name = "Two" });
sortable.Add(new Widget_C { Id = 4, Name = "Four" });
sortable.OrderBy(w=> w.Id); // sorts, but produces a new sorted result, does not sort original list
sortable.ApplySort(new ListSortDescriptionCollection({ new ListSortDescription(new PropertyDescriptor(), ListSortDirection.Ascending)));  // PropertyDescriptor is abstract, does not compile
typeof(Widget_C).GetProperty("Id"); // This gets a PropertyInfo, not a PropertyDescriptor

asked 33 secs ago

Denise Skidmore

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Programmatically sorting my SortableBindingList