Indicator list should reflect sorting done in windowed view

[Andrew Starr-Bochicchio]

Binary package hint: gtg

I can't seem to understand the way my tasks are sorted in the indicator. I know that it's probably not arbitrary, but if feels that way to me. It would be nice if the indicator list would reflect the sorting in windowed view. For example, if I sort my tasks by due date. The list in the indicator should due so as well.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gtg 0.2.4-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-15.21-generic 2.6.35.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-15-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Aug 20 14:37:54 2010
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gtg

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Izidor Matušov (izidor)]

I'm going to rewrite notification plugin for GTG (which provides indicator feature). I would like to discuss here possibilities and the most suitable solution.

In my opinion, indicator menu should not show every possible task. When you have more that 10 tasks, it become really confusing for me. I think GTG could be inspired by the way Tomboy solved indicator panel. Show just N (e.g. 5) tasks which were edited the most lately. I would like to do that in that way. What is your opinion? I would appreciate any feedback.

[tankdriver (stoneraider-deactivatedaccount)]

I think, the "closest" 5 Tasks is the best solution, because a task, which has to be done in eg. 2 days is more important than a task which 6 days left, no matter if something was edited or not.

btw, a Gnome Shell-fitting design would be cool too. (perhaps with an "expand" feature to show all tasks)

[Izidor Matušov (izidor)]

Right now notification area shows 10 tasks with the closest due date sorted by title.