diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 19d46a7..3b35905 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ All notable changes to TextUI are documented here.
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Clicking a data-table column heading now sorts once per click. The table's click and mouse-move handlers also called `super()`, which Textual had already run, so every heading click was delivered twice and the ascending/descending toggle always ended on descending. A column-resize press no longer sorts either, and no longer swallows the next heading click when the drag is released.
 - Controller resize hooks now receive terminal dimensions even when the active screen has padding or a border.
 - Declared autofocus now waits for hidden ancestors to be displayed and runs again when controls are revealed after startup. Disabled controls and background screens do not take focus; anonymous modal autofocus registrations are released on dismissal.
 - Transcript mouse selections are cleared when bounded history evicts rows, the log is cleared, or a streamed entry is rewritten. Stable append operations and selections in other widgets are preserved.
diff --git a/tests/test_data_widgets.py b/tests/test_data_widgets.py
index 410435b..e9f389e 100644
--- a/tests/test_data_widgets.py
+++ b/tests/test_data_widgets.py
@@ -148,6 +148,74 @@ async def test_resizable_table_supports_keyboard_and_drag_without_sorting():
         assert [key.value for key in table.rows] == ["zulu", "alpha"]
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_clicking_a_header_sorts_ascending_then_descending_once_per_click():
+    """A click reaches the header handler once. Textual runs the ``_on_click`` of every
+    class in the MRO, so a subclass handler that also calls ``super()`` delivers the
+    message twice, and a two-step ascending/descending toggle always lands on descending."""
+    app = TextUI(DocumentLoader().from_string('''<ui><data-table id="usage" row-key="id">
+      <column key="name" width="10">Name</column><column key="requests" width="10">Requests</column>
+    </data-table></ui>'''))
+    async with app.run_test(size=(40, 10)) as pilot:
+        table = app.document.get_by_id("usage")
+        table.set_rows([
+            {"id": "high", "name": "High", "requests": 42},
+            {"id": "low", "name": "Low", "requests": 7},
+            {"id": "middle", "name": "Middle", "requests": 12},
+        ])
+        selected = []
+        table.post_message = lambda message, _post=table.post_message: (
+            selected.append(message.column_index) if isinstance(message, DataTable.HeaderSelected) else None,
+            _post(message),
+        )[1]
+
+        await pilot.click(table, offset=(13, 0))  # inside the "Requests" heading
+        await pilot.pause()
+        assert selected == [1], "one click, one message"
+        assert [key.value for key in table.rows] == ["low", "middle", "high"]
+        assert table.columns["requests"].label.plain == "Requests ↑"
+
+        await pilot.click(table, offset=(13, 0))
+        await pilot.pause()
+        assert [key.value for key in table.rows] == ["high", "middle", "low"]
+        assert table.columns["requests"].label.plain == "Requests ↓"
+
+        await pilot.click(table, offset=(13, 0))
+        await pilot.pause()
+        assert [key.value for key in table.rows] == ["low", "middle", "high"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("release", ["on the table", "outside the table"])
+async def test_releasing_a_divider_drag_does_not_sort_and_leaves_the_next_click_alone(release):
+    app = TextUI(DocumentLoader().from_string('''<ui><vertical>
+      <data-table id="usage" resizable="true" row-key="id">
+        <column key="name" width="8">Name</column><column key="requests" width="8">Requests</column>
+      </data-table><label id="below">below</label></vertical></ui>'''))
+    async with app.run_test(size=(40, 10)) as pilot:
+        table = app.document.get_by_id("usage")
+        table.set_rows([
+            {"id": "zulu", "name": "Zulu", "requests": 1},
+            {"id": "alpha", "name": "Alpha", "requests": 2},
+        ])
+        await pilot.pause()
+        edge = table.columns["name"].get_render_width(table) - 1
+        await pilot.mouse_down(table, offset=(edge, 0))
+        await pilot.hover(table, offset=(edge + 2, 0))
+        if release == "on the table":
+            await pilot.mouse_up(table, offset=(edge + 2, 0))
+        else:
+            await pilot.mouse_up(app.document.get_by_id("below"), offset=(1, 0))
+        await pilot.pause()
+        assert [key.value for key in table.rows] == ["zulu", "alpha"], "a divider drag never sorts"
+        assert table.columns["name"].label.plain == "Name"
+
+        await pilot.click(table, offset=(3, 0))  # the next, ordinary click sorts
+        await pilot.pause()
+        assert [key.value for key in table.rows] == ["alpha", "zulu"]
+        assert table.columns["name"].label.plain == "Name ↑"
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_resizing_a_narrow_fixed_width_column_never_enlarges_it():
     app = TextUI(DocumentLoader().from_string('''<ui><data-table id="usage" resizable="true">
diff --git a/textui/widgets/data_widgets.py b/textui/widgets/data_widgets.py
index cced2a2..09229cd 100644
--- a/textui/widgets/data_widgets.py
+++ b/textui/widgets/data_widgets.py
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ def __init__(
         self._seeded = False
         self._resize_drag: tuple[int, int, int] | None = None
         self._hover_resize_column: int | None = None
-        self._suppress_header_click = False
 
     def on_mount(self) -> None:
         if self._seeded:
@@ -206,13 +205,19 @@ def on_mouse_down(self, event: MouseDown) -> None:
         column = self.ordered_columns[column_index]
         width = column.content_width if column.auto_width else column.width
         self._resize_drag = (column_index, width, event.x)
-        self._suppress_header_click = True
+        # Pressing a divider is not a heading click. Textual then sends no Click after the
+        # release, whether it lands on the table or outside it (where none would be sent
+        # anyway, so a flag cleared by the Click would stay set and swallow the next real one).
+        self.suppress_click()
         self.capture_mouse()
         event.stop()
 
+    # Textual calls the ``_on_*`` handler of every class in the MRO, so a handler here
+    # must not also call ``super()``: that runs DataTable's own a second time (a header
+    # click would post two ``HeaderSelected`` messages, and the ascending/descending
+    # toggle would always end on descending).
     def _on_mouse_move(self, event: events.MouseMove) -> None:
         if self._resize_drag is None:
-            super()._on_mouse_move(event)
             self._set_resize_hover(self._resize_edge_at(event) if self.column_borders else None)
             return
         column_index, width, start_x = self._resize_drag
@@ -230,13 +235,6 @@ def on_mouse_up(self, event: MouseUp) -> None:
             self._set_resize_hover(None)
             event.stop()
 
-    async def _on_click(self, event: events.Click) -> None:
-        if self._suppress_header_click:
-            self._suppress_header_click = False
-            event.stop()
-            return
-        await super()._on_click(event)
-
     def _render_cell(self, *args, **kwargs):
         lines = super()._render_cell(*args, **kwargs)
         row_index = args[0]