diff --git a/src/examples/index.ts b/src/examples/index.ts
index 907c9497..f34bd2b9 100644
--- a/src/examples/index.ts
+++ b/src/examples/index.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { SearchLiveViewComponent } from './live-search/component';
 import { PaginateLiveViewComponent } from './pagination/component';
 import { SalesDashboardLiveViewComponent } from './sales_dashboard_liveview';
 import { ServersLiveViewComponent } from './servers/component';
+import { SortLiveViewComponent } from './sorting/component';
 
 const lvServer = new LiveViewServer({
   // port: 3002,
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ export const router: LiveViewRouter = {
   "/autocomplete": new AutocompleteLiveViewComponent(),
   "/light": new LightLiveViewComponent(),
   "/paginate": new PaginateLiveViewComponent(),
+  "/sort": new SortLiveViewComponent(),
 }
 
 // register all routes
diff --git a/src/examples/servers/component.ts b/src/examples/servers/component.ts
index fd126a2e..356b2b6f 100644
--- a/src/examples/servers/component.ts
+++ b/src/examples/servers/component.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export class ServersLiveViewComponent extends BaseLiveViewComponent<ServersConte
 
   private link_body(server: Server) {
     return html`
-      🤖 ${server.name}
+      <button>🤖 ${server.name}</button>
     `
   }
 
diff --git a/src/examples/sorting/component.ts b/src/examples/sorting/component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5bc1cfca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/examples/sorting/component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+import { options_for_select } from "../../server/templates/helpers/options_for_select";
+import { live_patch } from "../../server/templates/helpers/live_patch";
+import html, { HtmlSafeString, join } from "../../server/templates";
+import { BaseLiveViewComponent, LiveViewExternalEventListener, LiveViewSocket, StringPropertyValues } from "../../server/types";
+import { almostExpired, Donation, listItems, donations } from "./data";
+
+export interface PaginateOptions {
+  page: number;
+  perPage: number;
+}
+
+export interface SortOptions {
+  sort_by: keyof Donation;
+  sortOrder: "asc" | "desc";
+}
+
+export interface SortContext {
+  options: PaginateOptions & SortOptions;
+  donations: Donation[]
+}
+
+export class SortLiveViewComponent extends BaseLiveViewComponent<SortContext, PaginateOptions & SortOptions> implements
+  LiveViewExternalEventListener<SortContext, "select-per-page", Pick<PaginateOptions & SortOptions, "perPage">>,
+  LiveViewExternalEventListener<SortContext, "change-sort", Pick<PaginateOptions & SortOptions, "sort_by" | "sortOrder">> {
+
+  mount(params: any, session: any, socket: LiveViewSocket<SortContext>) {
+    const paginateOptions: PaginateOptions = {
+      page: 1,
+      perPage: 10,
+    }
+    const sortOptions: SortOptions = {
+      sort_by: "item",
+      sortOrder: "asc"
+    }
+    return {
+      options: { ...paginateOptions, ...sortOptions },
+      donations: listItems(paginateOptions, sortOptions)
+    };
+  };
+
+  handleParams(params: StringPropertyValues<PaginateOptions & SortOptions>, url: string, socket: LiveViewSocket<SortContext>): SortContext {
+    const page = Number(params.page || 1);
+    const perPage = Number(params.perPage || 10);
+    const validSortBy = Object.keys(donations[0]).includes(params.sort_by)
+    const sort_by = validSortBy ? params.sort_by as keyof Donation : "item";
+    const sortOrder = params.sortOrder === "desc" ? "desc" : "asc";
+    return {
+      options: { page, perPage, sort_by, sortOrder },
+      donations: listItems({ page, perPage }, { sort_by, sortOrder })
+    };
+  }
+
+  render(context: SortContext) {
+    const { options: { perPage, page, sortOrder, sort_by }, donations } = context;
+    return html`
+    <h1>Food Bank Donations</h1>
+    <div id="donations">
+      <form phx-change="select-per-page">
+        Show
+        <select name="perPage">
+          ${options_for_select([5, 10, 15, 20].map(n => String(n)), String(perPage))}
+        </select>
+        <label for="perPage">per page</label>
+      </form>
+      <div class="wrapper">
+        <table>
+          <thead>
+            <tr>
+              <th class="item" phx-click="change-sort" phx-value-sort_by="id">
+              ${this.sort_emoji(sort_by, "id", sortOrder)}Item
+              </th>
+              <th phx-click="change-sort" phx-value-sort_by="quantity">
+              ${this.sort_emoji(sort_by, "quantity", sortOrder)}Quantity
+              </th>
+              <th phx-click="change-sort" phx-value-sort_by="days_until_expires">
+              ${this.sort_emoji(sort_by, "days_until_expires", sortOrder)}Days Until Expires
+              </th>
+            </tr>
+          </thead>
+          <tbody>
+            ${this.renderDonations(donations)}
+          </tbody>
+        </table>
+        <div class="footer">
+          <div class="pagination">
+            ${page > 1 ? this.paginationLink("Previous", page - 1, perPage, sort_by, sortOrder, "previous") : ""}
+
+            ${this.pageLinks(page, perPage, sort_by, sortOrder,)}
+
+            ${this.paginationLink("Next", page + 1, perPage, sort_by, sortOrder, "next")}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    `
+  };
+
+  handleEvent(event: "select-per-page" | "change-sort", params: StringPropertyValues<Pick<PaginateOptions & SortOptions, "perPage" | "sort_by" | "sortOrder">>, socket: LiveViewSocket<SortContext>): SortContext {
+    console.log("handleEvent", event, params);
+    const page = socket.context.options.page;
+    let perPage = socket.context.options.perPage;
+    let sort_by = socket.context.options.sort_by;
+    let sortOrder = socket.context.options.sortOrder;
+
+    if (event === "select-per-page") {
+      perPage = Number(params.perPage || socket.context.options.perPage);
+    }
+
+    if (event === "change-sort") {
+      const incoming_sort_by = params.sort_by as keyof Donation;
+      // if already sorted by this column, reverse the order
+      if (sort_by === incoming_sort_by) {
+        sortOrder = sortOrder === "asc" ? "desc" : "asc";
+      } else {
+        sort_by = incoming_sort_by;
+      }
+    }
+
+
+    this.pushPatch(socket, { to: { path: "/sort", params: { page: String(page), perPage: String(perPage), sortOrder, sort_by } } });
+
+    return {
+      options: { page, perPage, sort_by, sortOrder },
+      donations: listItems({ page, perPage }, { sort_by, sortOrder })
+    };
+  }
+
+  sort_emoji(sort_by: keyof Donation, sort_by_value: string, sortOrder: "asc" | "desc") {
+    return sort_by === sort_by_value ? sortOrder === "asc" ? "👇" : "☝️" : ""
+  }
+
+  pageLinks(page: number, perPage: number, sort_by: keyof Donation, sortOrder: "asc" | "desc") {
+    let links: HtmlSafeString[] = [];
+    for (var p = page - 2; p <= page + 2; p++) {
+      if (p > 0) {
+        links.push(this.paginationLink(String(p), p, perPage, sort_by, sortOrder, p === page ? "active" : ""))
+      }
+    }
+    return join(links, "")
+  }
+
+  paginationLink(text: string, pageNum: number, perPageNum: number, sort_by: keyof Donation, sortOrder: "asc" | "desc", className: string) {
+    const page = String(pageNum);
+    const perPage = String(perPageNum);
+    return live_patch(html`<button>${text}</button>`, {
+      to: {
+        path: "/sort",
+        params: { page, perPage, sort_by, sortOrder }
+      },
+      class: className
+    })
+  }
+
+  renderDonations(donations: Donation[]) {
+    return donations.map(donation => html`
+      <tr>
+        <td class="item">
+          <span class="id">${donation.id}</span>
+          ${donation.emoji} ${donation.item}
+        </td>
+        <td>
+        ${donation.quantity} lbs
+        </td>
+        <td>
+          <span>
+          ${this.expiresDecoration(donation)}
+          </span>
+        </td>
+      </tr>
+    `)
+  }
+
+  expiresDecoration(donation: Donation) {
+    if (almostExpired(donation)) {
+      return html`<mark>${donation.days_until_expires}</mark>`
+    } else {
+      return donation.days_until_expires
+    }
+  }
+
+}
+
diff --git a/src/examples/sorting/data.ts b/src/examples/sorting/data.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c73f9f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/examples/sorting/data.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import { PaginateOptions, SortOptions } from "./component";
+
+
+export interface Donation {
+  id: number;
+  emoji: string
+  item: string
+  quantity: number
+  days_until_expires: number
+}
+
+const items = [
+  { emoji: "☕️", item: "Coffee" },
+  { emoji: "🥛", item: "Milk" },
+  { emoji: "🥩", item: "Beef" },
+  { emoji: "🍗", item: "Chicken" },
+  { emoji: "🍖", item: "Pork" },
+  { emoji: "🍗", item: "Turkey" },
+  { emoji: "🥔", item: "Potatoes" },
+  { emoji: "🥣", item: "Cereal" },
+  { emoji: "🥣", item: "Oatmeal" },
+  { emoji: "🥚", item: "Eggs" },
+  { emoji: "🥓", item: "Bacon" },
+  { emoji: "🧀", item: "Cheese" },
+  { emoji: "🥬", item: "Lettuce" },
+  { emoji: "🥒", item: "Cucumber" },
+  { emoji: "🐠", item: "Smoked Salmon" },
+  { emoji: "🐟", item: "Tuna" },
+  { emoji: "🐡", item: "Halibut" },
+  { emoji: "🥦", item: "Broccoli" },
+  { emoji: "🧅", item: "Onions" },
+  { emoji: "🍊", item: "Oranges" },
+  { emoji: "🍯", item: "Honey" },
+  { emoji: "🍞", item: "Sourdough Bread" },
+  { emoji: "🥖", item: "French Bread" },
+  { emoji: "🍐", item: "Pear" },
+  { emoji: "🥜", item: "Nuts" },
+  { emoji: "🍎", item: "Apples" },
+  { emoji: "🥥", item: "Coconut" },
+  { emoji: "🧈", item: "Butter" },
+  { emoji: "🧀", item: "Mozzarella" },
+  { emoji: "🍅", item: "Tomatoes" },
+  { emoji: "🍄", item: "Mushrooms" },
+  { emoji: "🍚", item: "Rice" },
+  { emoji: "🍜", item: "Pasta" },
+  { emoji: "🍌", item: "Banana" },
+  { emoji: "🥕", item: "Carrots" },
+  { emoji: "🍋", item: "Lemons" },
+  { emoji: "🍉", item: "Watermelons" },
+  { emoji: "🍇", item: "Grapes" },
+  { emoji: "🍓", item: "Strawberries" },
+  { emoji: "🍈", item: "Melons" },
+  { emoji: "🍒", item: "Cherries" },
+  { emoji: "🍑", item: "Peaches" },
+  { emoji: "🍍", item: "Pineapples" },
+  { emoji: "🥝", item: "Kiwis" },
+  { emoji: "🍆", item: "Eggplants" },
+  { emoji: "🥑", item: "Avocados" },
+  { emoji: "🌶", item: "Peppers" },
+  { emoji: "🌽", item: "Corn" },
+  { emoji: "🍠", item: "Sweet Potatoes" },
+  { emoji: "🥯", item: "Bagels" },
+  { emoji: "🥫", item: "Soup" },
+  { emoji: "🍪", item: "Cookies" }
+]
+
+export const donations: Donation[] = items.map((item, id) => {
+  const quantity = Math.floor(Math.random() * 20) + 1;
+  const days_until_expires = Math.floor(Math.random() * 30) + 1;
+  return { ...item, quantity, days_until_expires, id: (id + 1) }
+})
+
+export const listItems = (paginateOptions: PaginateOptions, sortOptions: SortOptions) => {
+  const { page, perPage } = paginateOptions;
+  const { sort_by, sortOrder } = sortOptions;
+  const sorted = donations.sort((a, b) => {
+    if (a[sort_by] < b[sort_by]) {
+      return sortOrder === "asc" ? -1 : 1;
+    }
+    if (a[sort_by] > b[sort_by]) {
+      return sortOrder === "asc" ? 1 : -1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+  });
+  return sorted.slice((page - 1) * perPage, page * perPage)
+}
+
+export const almostExpired = (donation: Donation) => donation.days_until_expires <= 10
\ No newline at end of file