There's a much easier solution: reimplement the sort method of the model, and only permit sorting for the appropriate column.
Also, as an added refinement, use the sortIndicatorChanged signal of the header to restore the current sort indicator when appropriate.
Here's a demo script:
from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore
class TableModel(QtGui.QStandardItemModel):
_sort_order = QtCore.Qt.AscendingOrder
def sortOrder(self):
return self._sort_order
def sort(self, column, order):
if column == 0:
self._sort_order = order
QtGui.QStandardItemModel.sort(self, column, order)
class Window(QtGui.QWidget):
def __init__(self, rows, columns):
QtGui.QWidget.__init__(self)
self.table = QtGui.QTableView(self)
model = TableModel(rows, columns, self.table)
for row in range(rows):
for column in range(columns):
item = QtGui.QStandardItem('(%d, %d)' % (row, column))
item.setTextAlignment(QtCore.Qt.AlignCenter)
model.setItem(row, column, item)
self.table.setModel(model)
self.table.setSortingEnabled(True)
self.table.horizontalHeader().sortIndicatorChanged.connect(
self.handleSortIndicatorChanged)
layout = QtGui.QVBoxLayout(self)
layout.addWidget(self.table)
def handleSortIndicatorChanged(self, index, order):
if index != 0:
self.table.horizontalHeader().setSortIndicator(
0, self.table.model().sortOrder())
if __name__ == '__main__':
import sys
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
window = Window(5, 5)
window.show()
window.setGeometry(600, 300, 600, 250)
sys.exit(app.exec_())