--- trunk/lib/BackupPC/SearchLib.pm	2005/10/24 15:04:45	227
+++ trunk/lib/BackupPC/SearchLib.pm	2005/10/25 09:30:51	229
@@ -918,20 +918,35 @@
 	sub sort_header($$$$) {
 		my ($param, $display, $name, $align) = @_;
 
-		my ($sort_what, $sort_dir) = split(/_/,$param->{'sort'},2);
+		my ($sort_what, $sort_direction) = split(/_/,$param->{'sort'},2);
 
 		my $old_sort = $param->{'sort'};
 
 		my $html = qq{<td align="$align"};
+		my $arrow = '';
+
 		if (lc($sort_what) eq lc($name)) {
-			my $dir = lc($sort_dir);
-			$dir =~ tr/ad/da/;
-			$param->{'sort'} = $name . '_' . $dir;
+			my $direction = lc($sort_direction);
+
+			# swap direction or fallback to default
+			$direction =~ tr/ad/da/;
+			$direction = 'a' unless ($direction =~ /[ad]/);
+
+			$param->{'sort'} = $name . '_' . $direction;
 			$html .= ' style="border: 1px solid #808080;"';
+		
+			# add unicode arrow for direction
+			$arrow .= '&nbsp;';
+			$arrow .= $direction eq 'a'  ?  '&#9650;'
+				: $direction eq 'd'  ?  '&#9660;'
+				:                       ''
+				;
+
 		} else {
 			$param->{'sort'} = $name . '_a';
 		}
-		$html .= '><a href="' . page_uri($param) . '">' . $display . '</a></td>';
+
+		$html .= '><a href="' . page_uri($param) . '">' . $display . '</a>' . $arrow . '</td>';
 		$param->{'sort'} = $old_sort;
 
 		return $html;