GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 327278
Sort range has a header - always
Last modified: 2006-01-27 22:42:59 UTC
The "Sort range has a header" checkbox in Excel is always a bit annoying. It always defaults to unchecked. Here's a place where Gnumeric can do better. The moment I check "Sort range has a header", chances are my spreadsheet will continue to have a header, all through the session. Really! I promise I won't delete the header, then get annoyed the default is wrong. This field should be sticky at minimum, and perhaps even be saved as part of the file format. -Bryce
this is sort of related to 100541
I'll agree that 100541 is a superset of this one. Though header rows are more constant - a spreadsheet has 'em or not in most cases. Desired sort parameters could be different per session.
This same issue is endemic to the current Gnome series. For example every time I load a file, I must click many times: first to find a directory, then to set filetype to "all" not "spreadsheet", then to set the import format to "textfile". Gnumeric does not remember any of that. Next time I have to do it all over from scratch.
Bryce, what kind of text files are you typically loading? I assume the automatic file type recognition does not work for you.
I'm loading some wacky QuickBooks .iif files, and Helix Dumps, which are standard tab-separated files, but with TWO header lines defining TWO types of records to come.
This is not what you are asking for but should help partailly regarding the sort header issue. I have added a sort preference so that you can have the has-header checkbox checked by default. This is globally and not on a per file basis. The latter issue should be addressed as part of 100541. You may want to file separate enghancement requests for the filetype "all" vs "spreadsheet" and possibly the import type issue (personally I think that the automatically detect file type should remain the default)