diff --git a/crates/ide-host/tests/plugins.rs b/crates/ide-host/tests/plugins.rs
index 2fdf31fef..c4807d701 100644
--- a/crates/ide-host/tests/plugins.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-host/tests/plugins.rs
@@ -2114,6 +2114,45 @@ fn sample_plugin_tool_window_with_a_tree() {
     }
 }
 
+/// The tables fixture sorts its own rows: a `table` body sent through `other`
+/// opts the headers in, and a header click leaves as an `other` view-event
+/// (kind `sort`) the plugin decodes and answers with the rows in the asked
+/// order (plugins/README.md §10: released types stay, `other` carries new
+/// cases).
+#[test]
+fn sortable_plugin_table_round_trips_sort_events() {
+    let f = fixture(Limits::default());
+    let info = f.install(&sample("tables"));
+    assert_eq!(info.status, PluginStatus::Inactive, "{:?}", info.error);
+
+    let table = |f: &Fixture| match f.host.render_view("tables", "tables", None, f.inv()).unwrap().body {
+        ide_plugin::ViewBody::Table(t) => t,
+        other => panic!("{other:?}"),
+    };
+    // No sort yet: headers are clickable, rows in the plugin's own order.
+    let t = table(&f);
+    assert_eq!((t.columns.clone(), t.total_rows), (vec!["ext".to_owned(), "files".into()], 4));
+    assert_eq!((t.sortable, t.sort), (true, None), "a `table` through `other` opts the headers in");
+    assert_eq!(t.rows.iter().map(|r| r[0].clone()).collect::<Vec<_>>(), ["rs", "md", "java", "toml"]);
+
+    f.take_events();
+    let sort = |f: &Fixture, descending| {
+        f.host.view_event("tables", "tables", ide_plugin::ViewEvent::Sort { column: 1, descending }, f.inv()).unwrap();
+        assert!(f.take_events().into_iter().any(
+            |(_, e)| matches!(e, PluginEvent::ViewChanged { ref plugin_id, ref view } if plugin_id == "tables" && view == "tables")
+        ));
+        table(f)
+    };
+
+    // The plugin reports the sort it ordered by, with the rows to match.
+    let t = sort(&f, false);
+    assert_eq!(t.sort, Some(ide_plugin::TableSort { column: 1, descending: false }));
+    assert_eq!(t.rows.iter().map(|r| r[1].clone()).collect::<Vec<_>>(), ["3", "9", "12", "20"]);
+    let t = sort(&f, true);
+    assert_eq!(t.sort, Some(ide_plugin::TableSort { column: 1, descending: true }));
+    assert_eq!(t.rows.iter().map(|r| r[1].clone()).collect::<Vec<_>>(), ["20", "12", "9", "3"]);
+}
+
 /// Regex Tester: an `html` body its script talks to; the plugin answers in
 /// view messages, in UTF-16 offsets.
 #[test]
diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/src/runtime.rs b/crates/ide-plugin/src/runtime.rs
index 902a97d96..aabc1d6ee 100644
--- a/crates/ide-plugin/src/runtime.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/src/runtime.rs
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ use crate::types::{
     RepositoryStatus, StatusItem, SyntaxFold, SyntaxSymbol, SyntaxToken, WorkbenchEvent,
 };
 use crate::types::{
-    FieldValue, ServiceLog, ServiceLogToggle, ServicePane, ServiceTab, View, ViewBody, ViewButton, ViewEvent,
-    ViewField, ViewListItem, ViewTable, ViewTreeItem, Viewport,
+    FieldValue, ServiceLog, ServiceLogToggle, ServicePane, ServiceTab, TableSort, View, ViewBody, ViewButton,
+    ViewEvent, ViewField, ViewListItem, ViewTable, ViewTreeItem, Viewport,
 };
 use crate::wit_host::{
     bindings, commit_checks_bindings, details_bindings, hover_bindings, indexing_bindings, inlay_bindings,
@@ -1353,12 +1353,54 @@ fn service_tab_from_wit(t: wit_dt::Tab) -> ServiceTab {
     ServiceTab { id: clip(t.id, 64), label: clip(t.label, MAX_TITLE), body }
 }
 
+/// A `table` body carried by the `other` case (the sortable variant, plugins/
+/// README.md §10): the usual table fields as JSON plus `sort`, the column the
+/// plugin orders by and the direction, or null. Anything unparsable degrades
+/// like a body this host doesn't know.
+fn sortable_table_from_json(data: &str) -> Option<ViewTable> {
+    #[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
+    #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+    struct Json {
+        #[serde(default)]
+        columns: Vec<String>,
+        #[serde(default)]
+        total_rows: u32,
+        #[serde(default)]
+        first_row: u32,
+        #[serde(default)]
+        rows: Vec<Vec<String>>,
+        #[serde(default)]
+        editable: bool,
+        #[serde(default)]
+        sort: Option<TableSort>,
+    }
+    let json: Json = serde_json::from_str(data).ok()?;
+    Some(ViewTable {
+        columns: json.columns.into_iter().take(1000).map(|c| clip(c, MAX_TITLE)).collect(),
+        total_rows: json.total_rows,
+        first_row: json.first_row,
+        rows: json
+            .rows
+            .into_iter()
+            .take(MAX_TABLE_ROWS as usize)
+            .map(|r| r.into_iter().take(1000).map(|c| clip(c, MAX_CELL)).collect())
+            .collect(),
+        editable: json.editable,
+        sortable: true,
+        sort: json.sort,
+    })
+}
+
 fn view_from_wit(v: wit_vt::View) -> View {
     let body = match v.body {
         wit_vt::Body::Message(m) => ViewBody::Message(clip(m, 16 << 10)),
-        wit_vt::Body::Other(e) => {
-            ViewBody::Message(format!("This view needs a newer version of OpenIDEA ({}).", clip(e.kind, 64)))
-        }
+        wit_vt::Body::Other(e) => match e.kind.as_str() {
+            "table" => match sortable_table_from_json(&e.data) {
+                Some(t) => ViewBody::Table(t),
+                None => ViewBody::Message("This view needs a newer version of OpenIDEA (table).".into()),
+            },
+            _ => ViewBody::Message(format!("This view needs a newer version of OpenIDEA ({}).", clip(e.kind, 64))),
+        },
         wit_vt::Body::Tree(items) => ViewBody::Tree(
             items
                 .into_iter()
@@ -1417,6 +1459,9 @@ fn view_from_wit(v: wit_vt::View) -> View {
                 .map(|r| r.into_iter().take(1000).map(|c| clip(c, MAX_CELL)).collect())
                 .collect(),
             editable: t.editable,
+            // The plain body predates sortable headers; `other` kind `table` opts in.
+            sortable: false,
+            sort: None,
         }),
         wit_vt::Body::Html(h) => ViewBody::Html(clip(h, MAX_HTML)),
     };
@@ -1450,6 +1495,12 @@ fn event_to_wit_view(e: ViewEvent) -> wit_vt::ViewEvent {
         ViewEvent::InsertRow { before } => W::InsertRow(before),
         ViewEvent::DeleteRows { rows } => W::DeleteRows(rows),
         ViewEvent::Message { text } => W::Message(text),
+        // A sortable table's header click, as an `other` view-event (plugins/
+        // README.md §10): the SDKs decode the kinds they know.
+        ViewEvent::Sort { column, descending } => W::Other(wit_types::Extension {
+            kind: "sort".into(),
+            data: format!(r#"{{"column":{column},"descending":{descending}}}"#),
+        }),
     }
 }
 
@@ -1495,4 +1546,41 @@ mod tests {
         let ViewBody::Form(fields) = form.body else { panic!("a form") };
         assert_eq!(fields.iter().map(|f| f.key.as_str()).collect::<Vec<_>>(), ["name"], "unknown fields are left out");
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_sortable_table_arrives_through_other() {
+        let view = |data: &str| wit_vt::View {
+            toolbar: Vec::new(),
+            body: wit_vt::Body::Other(wit_types::Extension { kind: "table".into(), data: data.into() }),
+            status: None,
+        };
+        let shown = view_from_wit(view(
+            r#"{"columns":["ext","files"],"totalRows":3,"firstRow":1,"rows":[["rs","2"],["md","1"]],
+                "editable":false,"sort":{"column":1,"descending":true}}"#,
+        ));
+        let ViewBody::Table(t) = shown.body else { panic!("{shown:?}") };
+        assert_eq!(t.columns, ["ext".to_owned(), "files".into()]);
+        assert_eq!((t.total_rows, t.first_row, t.editable), (3, 1, false));
+        assert!(t.sortable, "a `table` through `other` opts the headers in");
+        assert_eq!(t.sort, Some(TableSort { column: 1, descending: true }));
+
+        // No sort yet: still clickable headers, just no arrow.
+        let fresh = view_from_wit(view(
+            r#"{"columns":["a"],"totalRows":0,"firstRow":0,"rows":[],"editable":false,"sort":null}"#,
+        ));
+        let ViewBody::Table(t) = fresh.body else { panic!("{fresh:?}") };
+        assert!(t.sortable);
+        assert_eq!(t.sort, None);
+
+        // Broken JSON degrades like any body the host doesn't know.
+        let broken = view_from_wit(view("{not json"));
+        assert!(matches!(broken.body, ViewBody::Message(_)), "{broken:?}");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_sort_click_leaves_as_an_other_extension() {
+        let wit = event_to_wit_view(ViewEvent::Sort { column: 2, descending: true });
+        let wit_vt::ViewEvent::Other(e) = wit else { panic!("{wit:?}") };
+        assert_eq!((e.kind.as_str(), e.data.as_str()), ("sort", r#"{"column":2,"descending":true}"#));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/src/types.rs b/crates/ide-plugin/src/types.rs
index a3106f9c7..6287b8e88 100644
--- a/crates/ide-plugin/src/types.rs
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/src/types.rs
@@ -526,6 +526,14 @@ pub struct ViewField {
     pub value: FieldValue,
 }
 
+/// A sortable table's order: the column and the direction.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Type)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub struct TableSort {
+    pub column: u32,
+    pub descending: bool,
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize, Type)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 pub struct ViewTable {
@@ -534,6 +542,10 @@ pub struct ViewTable {
     pub first_row: u32,
     pub rows: Vec<Vec<String>>,
     pub editable: bool,
+    /// The plugin opted its headers in to click-to-sort (a `table` body through `other`).
+    pub sortable: bool,
+    /// The sort the plugin orders by (none: no arrow yet).
+    pub sort: Option<TableSort>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize, Type)]
@@ -614,4 +626,7 @@ pub enum ViewEvent {
     InsertRow { before: u32 },
     DeleteRows { rows: Vec<u32> },
     Message { text: String },
+    // A sortable table's header click: the column and the direction (leaves
+    // as an `other` view-event, kind `sort`). See `TableSort`.
+    Sort { column: u32, descending: bool },
 }
diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/commit/dist/plugin.wasm b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/commit/dist/plugin.wasm
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index 8cc6e9802..a1ba8694c 100644
--- a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/commit/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/commit/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
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diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/hello/dist/plugin.wasm b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/hello/dist/plugin.wasm
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index 60afeff3e..a92345f28 100644
--- a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/hello/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/hello/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
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diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/hover/dist/plugin.wasm b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/hover/dist/plugin.wasm
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index a7b4f195a..a31a00868 100644
--- a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/hover/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/hover/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
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diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/indexer/dist/plugin.wasm b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/indexer/dist/plugin.wasm
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index 4cfbfba6c..9bf5f1550 100644
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+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/indexer/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
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diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/jobs/dist/plugin.wasm b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/jobs/dist/plugin.wasm
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index 000000000..9ce0a429c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/tables/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[package]
+name = "openidea-plugin-tables"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2024"
+publish = false
+
+[workspace]
+
+[lib]
+crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
+
+[dependencies]
+openidea-plugin = { path = "../../../../../sdk/rust/openidea-plugin" }
+
+[profile.release]
+opt-level = "s"
+lto = true
+strip = true
+codegen-units = 1
+panic = "abort"
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diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/tables/plugin.toml b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/tables/plugin.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6f0ff762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/tables/plugin.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Test fixture: a tool window whose table the plugin sorts itself — the IDE
+# makes the column headers clickable (`other` body, kind `table`) and sends
+# `other` view-events, kind `sort`, which the plugin decodes and answers with
+# the rows in the asked order.
+id = "tables"
+name = "Tables"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Test fixture: a sortable table the plugin sorts itself."
+authors = ["OpenIDEA contributors"]
+engines.openidea = "^1.0"
+wasm = "dist/plugin.wasm"
+activation = ["on-view:tables"]
+
+[[contributes.views]]
+id = "tables"
+title = "Tables"
+icon = "plugin"
+location = "right"
diff --git a/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/tables/src/lib.rs b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/tables/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..55f60c2cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/ide-plugin/tests/fixtures/tables/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+//! Test fixture: a table of file-type counts the plugin sorts itself. The
+//! headers are clickable ([`Body::sortable_table`], the plugin API's `other`
+//! body, kind `table`), the clicks arrive as `other` view-events (kind
+//! `sort`), and the rows render in the order the plugin was asked for.
+
+use openidea_plugin::host;
+use openidea_plugin::views::{Body, Table, TableSort, View, ViewEvent, Viewport, Views};
+use openidea_plugin::{Error, Invocation, Plugin, register_plugin};
+
+pub const VIEW: &str = "tables";
+
+/// (extension, files) in no particular order, so sorting shows.
+const ROWS: [(&str, &str); 4] = [("rs", "20"), ("md", "3"), ("java", "9"), ("toml", "12")];
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct Tables {
+    sort: Option<TableSort>,
+}
+
+impl Tables {
+    /// The rows in the order `sort` asks for (a real plugin would sort its
+    /// whole table and page it; the fixture is small enough to sort inline).
+    fn rows(&self) -> Vec<Vec<String>> {
+        let mut rows: Vec<Vec<String>> = ROWS.iter().map(|(a, b)| vec![a.to_string(), b.to_string()]).collect();
+        if let Some(sort) = self.sort {
+            let by_number = |r: &Vec<String>| r[1].parse::<u32>().unwrap_or(0);
+            rows.sort_by(|a, b| {
+                let (x, y) = (by_number(a), by_number(b));
+                if sort.descending { y.cmp(&x) } else { x.cmp(&y) }
+            });
+        }
+        rows
+    }
+}
+
+impl Plugin for Tables {
+    fn run_command(&mut self, id: &str, _ctx: &Invocation, _arg: Option<&str>) -> Result<Option<String>, Error> {
+        Err(Error::NotFound(format!("command {id}")))
+    }
+}
+
+impl Views for Tables {
+    fn render(&mut self, view: &str, _viewport: Option<Viewport>, _ctx: &Invocation) -> Result<View, Error> {
+        if view != VIEW {
+            return Err(Error::NotFound(view.into()));
+        }
+        let table = Table {
+            columns: vec!["ext".into(), "files".into()],
+            total_rows: ROWS.len() as u32,
+            first_row: 0,
+            rows: self.rows(),
+            editable: false,
+        };
+        Ok(View::new(Body::sortable_table(&table, self.sort)))
+    }
+
+    fn handle(&mut self, view: &str, event: ViewEvent, _ctx: &Invocation) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        if view != VIEW {
+            return Err(Error::NotFound(view.into()));
+        }
+        // The host may have encoded the click for a newer SDK: the typed
+        // helper reads the `other` kind `sort` this SDK knows.
+        if let Some(sort) = event.sort() {
+            self.sort = Some(sort);
+            host::refresh_view(VIEW);
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+register_plugin!(Tables, views);
diff --git a/plugins/README.md b/plugins/README.md
index fb7dcf292..6a1b306f3 100644
--- a/plugins/README.md
+++ b/plugins/README.md
@@ -603,6 +603,12 @@ collapse of items, form fields, table cells, inserted and deleted rows, and
 `html` messages. A tree is a flat list whose items name their `parent`; an
 `expandable` item gets its children when it is expanded. A table gets only
 the rows it shows (`viewport`): report `total_rows` and return those.
+For a table the user can sort by clicking a header, build it with
+`Body::sortable_table(&table, sort)`: it travels as a `table` through `other`
+(so IDEs and plugins of any API version keep working), the IDE makes the
+column headers clickable and asks for a column and direction with
+`ViewEvent::sort()` — sort your rows and render again; the sort you report
+shows as an arrow in the header.
 Bodies, field types and view events added by later APIs travel as `Other {
 kind, data }`: an IDE that doesn't know a body says it needs updating, and
 leaves out a field type it doesn't know.
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+ccd7eab004cd2f767f6be21ce272f647e20695ceff8694293beff8ce8a06c646
diff --git a/plugins/official/string-tools/dist/plugin.wasm b/plugins/official/string-tools/dist/plugin.wasm
index 16a22e679..619f9374d 100644
Binary files a/plugins/official/string-tools/dist/plugin.wasm and b/plugins/official/string-tools/dist/plugin.wasm differ
diff --git a/plugins/official/string-tools/dist/plugin.wasm.sources b/plugins/official/string-tools/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
index bfa8f5f9b..624214523 100644
--- a/plugins/official/string-tools/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
+++ b/plugins/official/string-tools/dist/plugin.wasm.sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-fc3b11c7b09f9a57c319af579efdd6f00d9ed51dccc6e86404c5164c6460d007
+8ae2a72ec23163926bac3914f4b27a429598982cd12f42f985df10e920942fdb
diff --git a/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/src/text.rs b/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/src/text.rs
index 7f34e968e..ae872bb10 100644
--- a/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/src/text.rs
+++ b/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/src/text.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,23 @@ pub fn position(text: &str, at: usize) -> Position {
     Position { line, character }
 }
 
+/// The text as a JSON string literal's contents (`"`, `\`, control characters).
+pub fn escape_json(s: &str) -> String {
+    let mut out = String::with_capacity(s.len());
+    for c in s.chars() {
+        match c {
+            '"' => out.push_str("\\\""),
+            '\\' => out.push_str("\\\\"),
+            '\n' => out.push_str("\\n"),
+            '\r' => out.push_str("\\r"),
+            '\t' => out.push_str("\\t"),
+            c if c < ' ' => out.push_str(&format!("\\u{:04x}", c as u32)),
+            c => out.push(c),
+        }
+    }
+    out
+}
+
 /// The text of a JSON string literal's contents (`\"`, `\\`, `\n`, `\uXXXX`).
 pub fn unescape_json(s: &str) -> String {
     let mut out = String::with_capacity(s.len());
diff --git a/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/src/views.rs b/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/src/views.rs
index b8a693d54..9acf2b9bd 100644
--- a/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/src/views.rs
+++ b/sdk/rust/openidea-plugin/src/views.rs
@@ -148,6 +148,15 @@ pub struct Table {
     pub editable: bool,
 }
 
+/// The column a table's rows are ordered by, and the direction: what
+/// [`Body::sortable_table`] reports and a header click asks for
+/// ([`ViewEvent::sort`]).
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct TableSort {
+    pub column: u32,
+    pub descending: bool,
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
 pub enum Body {
@@ -167,6 +176,34 @@ pub enum Body {
     },
 }
 
+impl Body {
+    /// A table whose column headers the IDE makes clickable: the usual
+    /// [`Table`] fields plus the sort the plugin orders by (none: no arrow
+    /// yet), carried by the `other` body case (plugins/README.md §10), so
+    /// IDEs and plugins of any API version keep working. The plugin sorts its
+    /// own rows; a click asks for a column and direction with
+    /// [`ViewEvent::sort`], and [`crate::host::refresh_view`] shows the new
+    /// order.
+    pub fn sortable_table(table: &Table, sort: Option<TableSort>) -> Self {
+        let mut data = String::from(r#"{"columns":"#);
+        json_list(&mut data, table.columns.iter().map(String::as_str));
+        data.push_str(&format!(",\"totalRows\":{},\"firstRow\":{},\"rows\":[", table.total_rows, table.first_row));
+        for (i, row) in table.rows.iter().enumerate() {
+            if i > 0 {
+                data.push(',');
+            }
+            json_list(&mut data, row.iter().map(String::as_str));
+        }
+        data.push_str(&format!("],\"editable\":{},\"sort\":", table.editable));
+        match sort {
+            Some(s) => data.push_str(&format!(r#"{{"column":{},"descending":{}}}"#, s.column, s.descending)),
+            None => data.push_str("null"),
+        }
+        data.push('}');
+        Self::Other { kind: "table".into(), data }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct View {
     pub toolbar: Vec<Button>,
@@ -235,6 +272,63 @@ pub enum ViewEvent {
     },
 }
 
+impl ViewEvent {
+    /// The click on a sortable table's header ([`Body::sortable_table`]): the
+    /// column and the direction to order it by (`other` view-event, kind
+    /// `sort`; the first click asks ascending, a second on the same column
+    /// reverses). `None` for any other event, or one whose data this SDK
+    /// doesn't read.
+    pub fn sort(&self) -> Option<TableSort> {
+        let Self::Other { kind, data } = self else { return None };
+        if kind != "sort" {
+            return None;
+        }
+        Some(TableSort { column: json_number(data, "column")?, descending: json_bool(data, "descending")? })
+    }
+}
+
+/// The value of `"key":` in the host's flat JSON, up to the next `,` or `}`.
+fn json_value<'a>(data: &'a str, key: &str) -> Option<&'a str> {
+    let needle = format!(r#""{key}""#);
+    let mut from = 0;
+    while let Some(i) = data[from..].find(&needle) {
+        let after = data[from + i + needle.len()..].trim_start();
+        if let Some(rest) = after.strip_prefix(':') {
+            let rest = rest.trim_start();
+            let end = rest.find([',', '}']).unwrap_or(rest.len());
+            return Some(rest[..end].trim());
+        }
+        from += i + needle.len();
+    }
+    None
+}
+
+fn json_number(data: &str, key: &str) -> Option<u32> {
+    json_value(data, key)?.parse().ok()
+}
+
+fn json_bool(data: &str, key: &str) -> Option<bool> {
+    match json_value(data, key)? {
+        "true" => Some(true),
+        "false" => Some(false),
+        _ => None,
+    }
+}
+
+/// A JSON string array.
+fn json_list<'a>(out: &mut String, items: impl Iterator<Item = &'a str>) {
+    out.push('[');
+    for (i, item) in items.enumerate() {
+        if i > 0 {
+            out.push(',');
+        }
+        out.push('"');
+        out.push_str(&crate::text::escape_json(item));
+        out.push('"');
+    }
+    out.push(']');
+}
+
 /// Content of the plugin's declared views and custom editors.
 pub trait Views {
     fn render(&mut self, view: &str, viewport: Option<Viewport>, ctx: &Invocation) -> Result<View, Error>;
@@ -243,3 +337,47 @@ pub trait Views {
         Ok(())
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_sortable_table_becomes_the_other_table_body() {
+        let table = Table {
+            columns: vec!["ext".into(), "files".into()],
+            total_rows: 2,
+            rows: vec![vec!["rs".into(), "2".into()], vec!["say \"hi\"".into(), "1".into()]],
+            ..Table::default()
+        };
+        let body = Body::sortable_table(&table, Some(TableSort { column: 1, descending: true }));
+        let Body::Other { kind, data } = body else { panic!("{body:?}") };
+        assert_eq!(kind, "table");
+        assert_eq!(
+            data,
+            concat!(
+                r#"{"columns":["ext","files"],"totalRows":2,"firstRow":0,"rows":[["rs","2"],["say \"hi\"","1"]],"#,
+                r#""editable":false,"sort":{"column":1,"descending":true}}"#
+            )
+        );
+
+        // No sort yet: the headers are still clickable.
+        let body = Body::sortable_table(&table, None);
+        let Body::Other { data, .. } = body else { panic!("{body:?}") };
+        assert!(data.ends_with(r#""editable":false,"sort":null}"#), "{data}");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_sort_click_decodes_from_the_other_event() {
+        let sort = |kind: &str, data: &str| ViewEvent::Other { kind: kind.into(), data: data.into() }.sort();
+        assert_eq!(sort("sort", r#"{"column":3,"descending":true}"#), Some(TableSort { column: 3, descending: true }));
+        assert_eq!(
+            sort("sort", r#"{"descending":false,"column": 0 }"#),
+            Some(TableSort { column: 0, descending: false })
+        );
+        assert_eq!(sort("sort", r#"{"column":1}"#), None, "no direction: not a sort");
+        assert_eq!(sort("sort", "{not json"), None);
+        assert_eq!(sort("other-thing", r#"{"column":1,"descending":false}"#), None, "another kind");
+        assert_eq!(ViewEvent::Button("x".into()).sort(), None);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/bindings.ts b/src/bindings.ts
index e9b4747e3..06f7b2cfe 100644
--- a/src/bindings.ts
+++ b/src/bindings.ts
@@ -7708,6 +7708,12 @@ export type SyntaxNode = {
 	hasError: boolean,
 };
 
+/**  A sortable table's order: the column and the direction. */
+export type TableSort = {
+	column: number,
+	descending: boolean,
+};
+
 /**  A long-running background task shown in the status bar. */
 export type TaskId = number;
 
@@ -8067,7 +8073,7 @@ export type ViewButton = {
 };
 
 /**  A user action in a view. */
-export type ViewEvent = { kind: "button"; id: string } | { kind: "activate"; key: string } | { kind: "select"; key: string } | { kind: "expand"; key: string } | { kind: "collapse"; key: string } | { kind: "field"; key: string; value: string } | { kind: "cell"; row: number; column: number; value: string } | { kind: "insertRow"; before: number } | { kind: "deleteRows"; rows: number[] } | { kind: "message"; text: string };
+export type ViewEvent = { kind: "button"; id: string } | { kind: "activate"; key: string } | { kind: "select"; key: string } | { kind: "expand"; key: string } | { kind: "collapse"; key: string } | { kind: "field"; key: string; value: string } | { kind: "cell"; row: number; column: number; value: string } | { kind: "insertRow"; before: number } | { kind: "deleteRows"; rows: number[] } | { kind: "message"; text: string } | { kind: "sort"; column: number; descending: boolean };
 
 export type ViewField = {
 	key: string,
@@ -8088,6 +8094,10 @@ export type ViewTable = {
 	firstRow: number,
 	rows: string[][],
 	editable: boolean,
+	/**  The plugin opted its headers in to click-to-sort (a `table` body through `other`). */
+	sortable: boolean,
+	/**  The sort the plugin orders by (none: no arrow yet). */
+	sort: TableSort | null,
 };
 
 export type ViewTreeItem = {
diff --git a/src/features/plugins/__tests__/views.test.tsx b/src/features/plugins/__tests__/views.test.tsx
index 1aa0a3d66..05c57c786 100644
--- a/src/features/plugins/__tests__/views.test.tsx
+++ b/src/features/plugins/__tests__/views.test.tsx
@@ -400,7 +400,15 @@ describe("PluginView", () => {
       toolbar: [],
       body: {
         kind: "table",
-        value: { columns: ["name", "city"], totalRows: 1, firstRow: 0, rows: [["Ada", city]], editable: true },
+        value: {
+          columns: ["name", "city"],
+          totalRows: 1,
+          firstRow: 0,
+          rows: [["Ada", city]],
+          editable: true,
+          sortable: false,
+          sort: null,
+        },
       },
       status: null,
     });
@@ -419,6 +427,80 @@ describe("PluginView", () => {
     expect(await screen.findByText("Paris")).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
+  it("sorts a sortable table from its column headers, inverting on a second click", async () => {
+    const events: ViewEvent[] = [];
+    let sort: { column: number; descending: boolean } | null = null;
+    const table = (): View => ({
+      toolbar: [],
+      body: {
+        kind: "table",
+        value: {
+          columns: ["ext", "files"],
+          totalRows: 1,
+          firstRow: 0,
+          rows: [["rs", "2"]],
+          editable: false,
+          sortable: true,
+          sort,
+        },
+      },
+      status: null,
+    });
+    setPluginsBackend(backendWith(table, events));
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    const { container } = render(<PluginView pluginId="ext" view="counts" />);
+    const header = await screen.findByRole("columnheader", { name: "files" });
+
+    await user.click(header);
+    await waitFor(() => expect(events).toContainEqual({ kind: "sort", column: 1, descending: false }));
+
+    sort = { column: 1, descending: false };
+    bumpView("ext", "counts");
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(screen.getByRole("columnheader", { name: "files" })).toHaveAttribute("aria-sort", "ascending"),
+    );
+    expect(container.querySelector('[aria-sort="ascending"] svg')).not.toBeNull();
+
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole("columnheader", { name: "files" }));
+    await waitFor(() => expect(events).toContainEqual({ kind: "sort", column: 1, descending: true }));
+
+    sort = { column: 1, descending: true };
+    bumpView("ext", "counts");
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(screen.getByRole("columnheader", { name: "files" })).toHaveAttribute("aria-sort", "descending"),
+    );
+
+    // Another column starts over at ascending.
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole("columnheader", { name: "ext" }));
+    await waitFor(() => expect(events).toContainEqual({ kind: "sort", column: 0, descending: false }));
+    expect(events.filter((e) => e.kind === "sort")).toHaveLength(3);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps plain table headers inert", async () => {
+    const events: ViewEvent[] = [];
+    const table = (): View => ({
+      toolbar: [],
+      body: {
+        kind: "table",
+        value: {
+          columns: ["name", "city"],
+          totalRows: 1,
+          firstRow: 0,
+          rows: [["Ada", "London"]],
+          editable: false,
+          sortable: false,
+          sort: null,
+        },
+      },
+      status: null,
+    });
+    setPluginsBackend(backendWith(table, events));
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    render(<PluginView pluginId="csv" view="table" />);
+    await user.click(await screen.findByRole("columnheader", { name: "city" }));
+    expect(events).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
   it("keeps an HTML body loaded across theme switches and posts the new theme to it", async () => {
     const html: View = { toolbar: [], body: { kind: "html", value: "<p>chart</p>" }, status: null };
     setPluginsBackend(backendWith(() => html, []));
diff --git a/src/features/plugins/views/PluginView.module.css b/src/features/plugins/views/PluginView.module.css
index 2ff909bf7..d53ff8b24 100644
--- a/src/features/plugins/views/PluginView.module.css
+++ b/src/features/plugins/views/PluginView.module.css
@@ -162,6 +162,23 @@
   border-right: 1px solid var(--border);
 }
 
+/* A sortable table's header: clickable, the sorted one marked by an arrow. */
+.headerCell {
+  cursor: pointer;
+  user-select: none;
+}
+
+.headerCell:hover,
+.headerCell:focus-visible {
+  background: var(--bg-hover);
+}
+
+.sortIcon {
+  display: inline-block;
+  margin-left: 4px;
+  vertical-align: -2px;
+}
+
 .tableEmpty {
   padding: 32px 12px;
   color: var(--fg-muted);
diff --git a/src/features/plugins/views/PluginView.tsx b/src/features/plugins/views/PluginView.tsx
index ebafe7f3b..79a0fa9e1 100644
--- a/src/features/plugins/views/PluginView.tsx
+++ b/src/features/plugins/views/PluginView.tsx
@@ -384,6 +384,13 @@ function TableBody({
     if (table.editable) showContextMenu(e, items);
   };
 
+  // A sortable table (`table` through the plugin API's `other` body case):
+  // the plugin sorts its own rows, so a header click only asks it to — the
+  // first click ascending, a second on the same column reversed.
+  const sort = table.sortable ? table.sort : null;
+  const sortColumn = (column: number) =>
+    send({ kind: "sort", column, descending: sort?.column === column ? !sort.descending : false });
+
   const rows: React.ReactNode[] = [];
   for (let r = Math.max(first, table.firstRow); r < Math.min(shownEnd, loadedEnd); r++) {
     const cells = table.rows[r - table.firstRow] ?? [];
@@ -446,11 +453,30 @@ function TableBody({
       <div className={styles.tableCanvas} style={{ height: (table.totalRows + 1) * ROW_HEIGHT }}>
         <div className={`${styles.tableRow} ${styles.tableHeader}`} role="row" aria-rowindex={1}>
           <div className={styles.rowNumber} />
-          {table.columns.map((c, i) => (
-            <div key={i} role="columnheader" className={styles.cell} title={c}>
-              {c}
-            </div>
-          ))}
+          {table.columns.map((c, i) => {
+            const sorted = sort?.column === i;
+            return (
+              <div
+                key={i}
+                role="columnheader"
+                className={table.sortable ? `${styles.cell} ${styles.headerCell}` : styles.cell}
+                title={c}
+                aria-sort={sorted ? (sort.descending ? "descending" : "ascending") : undefined}
+                tabIndex={table.sortable ? 0 : undefined}
+                onClick={table.sortable ? () => sortColumn(i) : undefined}
+                onKeyDown={
+                  table.sortable
+                    ? (e) => (e.key === "Enter" || e.key === " ") && (e.preventDefault(), sortColumn(i))
+                    : undefined
+                }
+              >
+                {c}
+                {sorted && (
+                  <Icon name={sort.descending ? "chevron-down" : "chevron-up"} size={12} className={styles.sortIcon} />
+                )}
+              </div>
+            );
+          })}
         </div>
         {rows}
       </div>