Be able to switch between sorting view by a criterion or by task order

[Raphael J. Schmid]

Even though rows can already be sorted by drag-n-dropping them, it would be nice to be able to sort them ascending or descending by clicking on the columns (also like in Evolution) and still not use the order they've been put in. For this to work, there would have to be an "order" column, though.

[Bertrand Rousseau (bertrand-rousseau)]

And don't quite get the order you are talking about. What would be the
sorting criterion?

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Raphael J.
Schmid<email address hidden> wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Even though rows can already be sorted by drag-n-dropping them, it would
> be nice to be able to sort them ascending or descending by clicking on
> the columns (also like in Evolution) and still not use the order they've
> been put in. For this to work, there would have to be an "order" column,
> though.
>
> ** Affects: gtg
>     Importance: Undecided
>         Status: New
>
> --
> New column "order"
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/400267
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of Gtg
> developers, which is the registrant for Getting Things GNOME!.
>
> Status in Getting Things GNOME!: New
>
> Bug description:
> Even though rows can already be sorted by drag-n-dropping them, it would be nice to be able to sort them ascending or descending by clicking on the columns (also like in Evolution) and still not use the order they've been put in. For this to work, there would have to be an "order" column, though.
>

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[Raphael J. Schmid (raphael-j-schmid)]

That would depend on the column (just like in Evolution) - if the column contains strings, then it would be alphabetical. For an integer column it's of course the number and for a date column the date.

[Raphael J. Schmid (raphael-j-schmid)]

(Drag-n-drop would only work if the list was sorted by "Order")

[Bertrand Rousseau (bertrand-rousseau)]

Ok, I get the idea. However you are suggesting an implementation that
I'm not sure to be desirable. What you actually want is to be able to
between a list sorted following the content of the sorting column (a
behavior which is already available) and a sorting following the
ordered given to task in the list (something not possible right now if
have selected a column).

I guess we'd rather have to find a way for the user to easily select
"Sort by order", rather than to add an kinda artificial "Order"
column. The most direct way to do would be for me to provide a submenu
in the view menu, allowing to select the sorting criterion (like in
mail clients for instance).

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Raphael J.
Schmid<email address hidden> wrote:
> (Drag-n-drop would only work if the list was sorted by "Order")
>
> --
> New column "order"
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/400267
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of Gtg
> developers, which is the registrant for Getting Things GNOME!.
>
> Status in Getting Things GNOME!: New
>
> Bug description:
> Even though rows can already be sorted by drag-n-dropping them, it would be nice to be able to sort them ascending or descending by clicking on the columns (also like in Evolution) and still not use the order they've been put in. For this to work, there would have to be an "order" column, though.
>

--
Bertrand Rousseau
Place communale 1, 1450 Chastre, Belgium
e-mail : <email address hidden>
tel : [phone]

[Raphael J. Schmid (raphael-j-schmid)]

I see your point. You mean like, "View > Sort by Column" and "View > Sort by task order"?

[Bertrand Rousseau (bertrand-rousseau)]

Close:

View>Sort by>Due date
View>Sort by>Creation date
View>Sort by>Name
View>Sort by>Order

...

On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 12:57 AM, Raphael J.
Schmid<email address hidden> wrote:
> I see your point. You mean like, "View > Sort by Column" and "View >
> Sort by task order"?
>
> --
> New column "order"
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/400267
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of Gtg
> developers, which is the registrant for Getting Things GNOME!.
>
> Status in Getting Things GNOME!: New
>
> Bug description:
> Even though rows can already be sorted by drag-n-dropping them, it would be nice to be able to sort them ascending or descending by clicking on the columns (also like in Evolution) and still not use the order they've been put in. For this to work, there would have to be an "order" column, though.
>

--
Bertrand Rousseau
Place communale 1, 1450 Chastre, Belgium
e-mail : <email address hidden>
tel : [phone]

[Raphael J. Schmid (raphael-j-schmid)]

That was quick! Magnifique! :-)

[Bertrand Rousseau (bertrand-rousseau)]

Hmm, I think you misunderstood me ;-) I didn't mean that the bug was
closed. I meant what you suggest is close to what I was thinking.

On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Raphael J.
Schmid<email address hidden> wrote:
> That was quick! Magnifique! :-)
>
> --
> New column "order"
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/400267
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of Gtg
> developers, which is the registrant for Getting Things GNOME!.
>
> Status in Getting Things GNOME!: New
>
> Bug description:
> Even though rows can already be sorted by drag-n-dropping them, it would be nice to be able to sort them ascending or descending by clicking on the columns (also like in Evolution) and still not use the order they've been put in. For this to work, there would have to be an "order" column, though.
>

--
Bertrand Rousseau
Place communale 1, 1450 Chastre, Belgium
e-mail : <email address hidden>
tel : [phone]

[Raphael J. Schmid (raphael-j-schmid)]

You're correct then, I misunderstood you. Actually I'm unsure now what way would be better. It's probably just best to implement one of them and see how it works, I guess? And since it's your software... :-)