GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 541936
Table sorting: format doesn't move; no invert sort order option
Last modified: 2008-07-09 15:51:21 UTC
when sorting a table, a character format - e.g. bold - does not move with the entries, but is staying in place (and being applied to the data which is moved *to* that same cell(s) ) Also: there is urgently missing an option to invert the sort order - and at all a extra tool to invert lines (or columns) or a cell range. Upon subsequent searches (and many other tasks), the previous dialog settings should be preserved.
You can choose whether the character format moves with the content or not, either in the sort dialog or the preference dialog. You can invert the sort order in the sort dialog! Remembering last sort set up is #100541. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 100541 ***
Note that the first issue has also been discussed in #303408
Ah, I see (and saw) the option to preserve the formats ("Beim Sortieren Formate beibehalten" in DE language). Yet this had inverse meaning to my understanding. Also, to real "preserve" (="beibehalten") the format (together with the data), thus the inversion of current understanding should be the default to my meaning! How often wants somebody to have the format fixed to the cell position!? Compare: if you insert/remove lines/columns the format of the cells also does move togethere with the data by default! ( Invert order: thank, I see now the icons in the table. Yet if you click, and generally it is somewhat hard to guess, that this is the thing - I searched so long ;-) . There is no columns header description for this (in DE at least). This was maybe the reason why I didn't notice it. Perhaps there should be a header word. )
Also: up-down direction should be by far the default to my meaning. This setting is not even available in the global settings. ( Or even 3rd global option: sort direction along that axis, which has more cells )
You wrote: "Also, to real "preserve" (="beibehalten") the format (together with the data)". Note that you added "together wwith the data. This is meant to be "together with the cell. You wrote: "How often wants somebody to have the format fixed to the cell position!?" Since the formats include cell borders this surely happens more often than having a random cell marked as bold. Note that when you insert/remove lines/columns the format also moves with the cells. Please read the discussion in 303408, there is little point in talking about it here again. Yes it would be nive to have headers, but the dialog will then become much lnger (horizontally). Perhaps you should choose a theme that has more descriptive icons for sort order (this is a standard icon!)