GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 353786
Allow sorting of albums by year in browser
Last modified: 2018-05-24 11:49:12 UTC
I'd like to be able to set an option to show my albums by year (presumably from the tag of the first song) That way I can order albums chronologically, which is nice for bands that change over time or with a lot of albums. [1980] Boy [1981] October [1991] Achtung Baby
The current sort order you get when you select the artist column is: artist -> album -> disc number -> track number -> title The sort order you're asking for would be: artist -> year -> album -> disc number -> track number -> title I'm not sure if it makes sense to make this the artist sort order, but I don't really like the idea of adding configuration options to control sort orders. A slightly odd idea: include the year in the sort order if the year column is visible.
No, I'd not like to change the sort order, although I see uses for that. I'd like to see the year in the album browser, next to the album name.
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no other criterias are not needed (I currently use Genre, Artist, Album) - this is completly satisfying. the only deal is to sort the albums by the year - alphabethical ordering is confusing and absurd. even showing the year in front of the album's name isn't so important (ie: 1973 - Houses of the Holy), however welcomed ;)
I'd also love to have this feature. In the top right browser window (where you can see different albums after selecting one author) it would be nice to have the "year" column so you can order albums also by year. (this is already possible in the bottom window) This is nice for example if you would like to listen to a discography in chronological order to appreciate changes in style, band members, etc.
Yes please!
Jonathan, The second case that you mentioned: "artist -> year -> album -> disc number -> track number -> title" Is more logical than when omitting the year. Sorting the [albums] according to [year] is better, because it is easier to remember the album's chronology than their names.
I.e. for example: say you want to play the last album from artist X. In this case you would have to remember the name of the album, and you might have to read through a long list. Where as if they were sorted by year, you would scroll down to the last album.
Can you please tell me where I can find the relative source code? I believe the relative file is rb-browser-source.c, but I can't figure out in which line..
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