How do I reorder the fields/columns in a SharePoint view? - sharepoint

Question

I'm adding a new field to a list and view. To add the field to the view, I'm using this code:
view.ViewFields.Add("My New Field");
However this just tacks it on to the end of the view. How do I add the field to a particular column, or rearrange the field order? view.ViewFields is an SPViewFieldCollection object that inherits from SPBaseCollection and there are no Insert / Reverse / Sort / RemoveAt methods available.

Answer 1

I've found removing all items from the list and readding them in the order that I'd like works well (although a little drastic). Here is the code I'm using:
string[] fieldNames = new string[] { "Title", "My New Field", "Modified", "Created" };
SPViewFieldCollection viewFields = view.ViewFields;
viewFields.DeleteAll();
foreach (string fieldName in fieldNames)
{
viewFields.Add(fieldName);
}
view.Update();

Answer 2

You can use the default method:
int newFieldOrderIndex = 1;
SPViewFieldCollection viewFields = view.ViewFields;
viewFields.MoveFieldTo(fieldName, newFieldOrderIndex);
view.Update();
https://msdn.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/microsoft.sharepoint.spviewfieldcollection.movefieldto.aspx

Answer 3

You have to use the follow method to reorder the field
string reorderMethod = #"<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""UTF-8""?>
<Method ID=""0,REORDERFIELDS"">
<SetList Scope=""Request"">{0}</SetList>
<SetVar Name=""Cmd"">REORDERFIELDS</SetVar>
<SetVar Name=""ReorderedFields"">{1}</SetVar>
<SetVar Name=""owshiddenversion"">{2}</SetVar>
</Method>";

Answer 4

I had two different lists and similar view. I wanted to update destination list view field order if user change order in source view.
ViewFieldCollection srcViewFields = srcView.ViewFields;
ViewFieldCollection destViewFields = destView.ViewFields;
var srcArray = srcViewFields.ToArray<string>();
var destArray = destViewFields.ToArray<string>();
foreach (var item in destArray)
{
destViewFields.MoveFieldTo(item, Array.IndexOf(srcArray, item));
destView.Update();
}