I'm trying to group items on my list and sort them from oldest to newest. Grouping works perfect, it just doesn't want to inverse this list.
WPF Code:
<ListView x:Name="lst_orders" Margin="5" GridViewColumnHeader.Click="results_Click">
<ListView.Resources>
<Style TargetType="ListViewItem">
<Style.Triggers>
<Trigger Property="IsKeyboardFocusWithin" Value="true">
<Setter Property="IsSelected" Value="true" />
</Trigger>
</Style.Triggers>
</Style>
</ListView.Resources>
<ListView.View>
<GridView>
<GridViewColumn>
<GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Button x:Name="goto_parts" Content="Show parts" Width="AUTO" Padding="2" Margin="2" Background="#FF179917" Click="goto_parts_Click"/>
</DataTemplate>
</GridViewColumn.CellTemplate>
</GridViewColumn>
<GridViewColumn Header="Order ID" Width="100" DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding fullOrderId}" />
<GridViewColumn Header="Job Status" Width="100" DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding status}" />
<GridViewColumn Header="Order Type" Width="150" DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding orderType}" />
<GridViewColumn Header="Customer Notes" Width="250" DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding notes}" />
<GridViewColumn Header="Admin Notes" Width="250" DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding adminNotes}" />
<GridViewColumn Header="Production Notes" Width="100" DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding production_notes}" />
</GridView>
</ListView.View>
<ListView.GroupStyle>
<GroupStyle>
<GroupStyle.HeaderTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Background="Gray">
<TextBlock Text="Days: " FontSize="18" FontWeight="Bold"/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}" FontSize="18" FontWeight="Bold"/>
<TextBlock Text=" Systems: " FontSize="18" FontWeight="Bold"/>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding ItemCount}" FontSize="18" FontWeight="Bold"/>
</StackPanel>
</DataTemplate>
</GroupStyle.HeaderTemplate>
</GroupStyle>
</ListView.GroupStyle>
</ListView>
C# Code:
ICollectionView view = (CollectionView)CollectionViewSource.GetDefaultView(lst_orders.ItemsSource);
PropertyGroupDescription groupDescription = new PropertyGroupDescription("daysOld");
view.GroupDescriptions.Add(groupDescription);
view.SortDescriptions.Add(new SortDescription("daysOld", ListSortDirection.Descending));
lst_orders.ItemsSource = view;
daysOld is a property that calculates difference between today's date and order date, works perfect, but I want to see it from the highest number to the lowest. Picture shows what I get, and I want to reverse it.

Your code is correct.I've made a test. It is possible to see in view:
C#:
List<SomeClass> list = new List<SomeClass>();
Random rnd = new Random();
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
list.Add(new SomeClass() { DaysOld = DateTime.Now.Add(new TimeSpan(0, rnd.Next(25), 0))});
}
ICollectionView view = (CollectionView)CollectionViewSource.GetDefaultView(list);
PropertyGroupDescription groupDescription = new PropertyGroupDescription("daysOld");
view.GroupDescriptions.Add(groupDescription);
view.SortDescriptions.Add(new SortDescription("DaysOld", ListSortDirection.Descending));
listBox.ItemsSource = view;
listBox.DisplayMemberPath = "DaysOld";
XAML:
<ListBox Name="listBox"/>
Model:
public class SomeClass
{
public DateTime DaysOld { get; set; }
}
Image:

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