Sorting activity in Details column.

[kkrawczyk123]

Software versions

Briefcase v1.9.beta, Java v1.8.x, operating system: Ubuntu, MacOs, Windows

Problem description

I was just wondering if sorting activity in Details column is needed at all?
There are also differences in behavior according to operating system:
-on Mac and Windows column has a clickable header with arrow but without any sorting activity
-on Ubuntu you can sort items which are present in table but no idea what is the subject of the order.

Issue update:
Expected behavior of sorting activity of columns headers:

Type of column	Text on column	up chevron ▲	down chevron ▼
Selection checkbox col	Empty	selected rows first	selected rows last
Details button col	Empty	rows with status history first	rows with status history last
Custom conf button bol	Empty	rows with custom conf first	rows with custom conf last
Rest of columns	Column name	a-z sorting direction	z-a sorting direction

[ggalmazor]

We could disable sorting on columns with buttons in general. Or if we want to be able to sort, we could define the criteria to "has details" or "has custom conf", etc.

[ggalmazor]

For this issue to be actionable, we should settle on what's expected. I propose the following:
Edited: The list is on my last comment.

@yanokwa, @lognaturel, any comments?

[yanokwa]

I like your proposal, @ggalmazor, but I do think it's nice to be sort by the columns with icons. For example, if you want to see which forms have custom configurations, a sort would be super useful.

I think the challenge is fitting header text, but in this case, I don't think header text is a must.

[ggalmazor]

I'll try to keep track of the different suggestions...

Summary table:

Type of column	Text on column	up chevron ▲	down chevron ▼
Selection checkbox col	Empty	selected rows first	selected rows last
Details button col	Empty	rows with status history first	rows with status history last
Custom conf button bol	Empty	rows with custom conf first	rows with custom conf last
Rest of columns	Column name	a-z sorting direction	z-a sorting direction

[ggalmazor]

@kkrawczyk123 Now that we have settled an expected behavior, could you add the table to the original issue description? This way we can tag this one as "contributor friendly"

This is the code for the table:

| Type of column | Text on column | up chevron ▲ | down chevron ▼ |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Selection checkbox col | Empty |selected rows first | selected rows last |
| Details button col | Empty |rows with status history first | rows with status history last |
|Custom conf button bol | Empty |rows with custom conf first | rows with custom conf last |
| Rest of columns | Column name | a-z sorting direction | z-a sorting direction |

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