[Rails-spinoffs] Re: table sorting/manipulation library?

Michael Schuerig
Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:57:51 -0000

On Friday 16 September 2005 01:45, Laurie Harper wrote:
> On 15-Sep-05, at 9:04 AM, Martin Bialasinski wrote:
> > On 15/09/05, Felipe Gasper <gasperfm@uc.edu> wrote:
> >> In response to these mails, the demo now offers multi-sort as a
> >> checkbox-enabled option; the default is single-sort.
> >
> > It seems to be broken. Check multisort, sort by name, sort by age.
> > sorting by age will just turn the Stallmanns around.
>
> As opposed to what? That seems like the right behaviour to me...
> However, if I change my mind and want to sort by age then name,
I''m
> stuck; tri-state sorting as you suggested would help, but I think
> multi-sort mode is always going to be a bit confusing since
there''s
> no indication of what the column sort order is. Or is that an option
> that could be turned on?

Another option: Allow reordering of columns and prioritize columns from
left to right.

That''s what I''m doing in BoilerPlate, although the sorting is
server-side. It''s logical, but I''m afraid that it will confuse
users
nevertheless.

Michael

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