[Digikam-users] More questions about sort order in folders

[Chris G]

On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 03:53:10AM +0200, Arnd Baecker wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008, Chris G wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 08:07:09PM +0100, Chris G wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 07:38:32PM +0200, Arnd Baecker wrote:
> > > >
> > > > It seems that
> > > > int AlbumFolderViewItem::compare(QListViewItem *i, int col, bool
> > > > ascending)
> > > > does already something like this.
> > > > So maybe this, together with the corresponding QListViewItem
> > > > needs to be extended?
> > > >
> > > OK, thanks, that looks more like the right[ish] place, I'll do some
> > > digging around and see if I can understand it.
> > >
> > ... and after a bit of looking around and fiddling I have got things
> > to work the way I want!  :-)
> >
> > Currently all I have done is to replace the alphabetical sort in "Sort
> > Albums - By Folder" with a sort by the date set in the album properties.
> > So now I can set the dates in album properties and I get the albums in
> > folder view in chronological order - whoopee!  :-)
> 
> That's excellent!
> 
> > Would you like this developed a little further so that one can switch
> > from alphabetical to chronological sorting?  Presumably the way to do
> > this would be to add an extra menu option so there is:-
> >
> >     Sort Albums - By Folder Alphabetical
> >                   By Folder Chronological
> >                   By Collection
> >                   By Date
> 
> Sounds good to me.
> Gilles, Marcel, what do you think?
> 
> > Another thing I would like to add is the ability to force a resort,
> > currently one has to switch to a different "Sort Albums" option and
> > back again to force a resort.
> 
> In which situation do you want to enforce a resort?
> 
It would be good to be able to just ask for a resort - menu option
maybe - so that after setting a whole lot of album dates one can
'resort' and see if you've got it right.

> > Is this change of general interest or shall I just keep it as a
> > private patch which I apply for my own use only?
> 
> As far as I can say this is clearly of general interest.
> 
> Could you attach your current patch at
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156186
> as it addresses the first part of the wish there?
> At this point the patch need not be polished etc.,
> but I (and others) can have a look at it.
> 
OK, I'll try and do that this evening, I need to take advantage of the
weather today to go and clear the last of the ragwort (poisonous plant)
from our fields.

-- 
Chris Green