Re-ordering data in Gramps (topic expansion outline for wiki)

[emyoulation]

There are a lot of subtleties related to “Re-ordering” in Gramps. These are the items that came to mind quickly. What other implications should be covered ?

This posting has been converted to a “Wiki”. It is open to editing.

Topics to be touched upon in a wiki article

• Assumptions
  • Record lists are in record creation order by default
  • ordering is usually about Secondary objects
  • The topmost (Primary or Preferred) object (family, event or name) is followed by default. Lesser priority objects may be omitted in reports or connection tracking.
• re-order children
• re-order families
• re-order Names
  • grouping
  • “Group as:” override
  • “Sort as:” override
• re-order Place names (dated)
• order of IDs
• re-order 2ndry objects
• order of References (not adjustable)
• order of Custom Types (not adjustable)
• GUI
  • default sort is on 1st column
  • column ordering and hiding (and INIs)
  • row sorting (include link to filtering)
  • rows re-sorting after an edit (and moving back to the previously neighboring rows)
  • Selector (filters and sorting after search)
  • Gramplet ordering

Systems for re-ordering:

• re-ordering using
  • re-order buttons
  • drag’n’drop
  • Relationships: Edit → Reorder menu item (or Reorder toolbar button)
  • reordering tools
    • Tools → Family Tree Processing → Reorder Gramps IDs
    • Tools → Family Tree Processing → Sort Children in Birth order (add-on)
    • Tools → Family Tree Processing → Sort events
    • Tools → Utilities → Verify the Data
• re-ordering Custom type lists (discourse: using Type Cleanup)

Oddities:

• sort dates : new features often sort Date columns on the format display string rather than the Date value. (See 13317)
• rows in References tabs cannot be re-ordered

[emyoulation]

See

• 0013316 : Add documentation/info about re-ordering Families via the Edit Person dialog
  Description
• 0012058 : strangeness in Family Tree sort order (diacritics sorting)
• 0012737 : Allow sorting Tags/labels automatically by ASC/DESC
• 0012828 : When Sorting events for person with many events the event stays at the bottom of the visible list instead of moving upwards
• 0013027 : Sort events tool – handling of “after” dates
• 0010656 : Allow sorting on multiple columns in various menus
• 0011668 : Chaotic sorting of the person index in the dynamic web report
• 0012070 : reasonable consistent sorting of events in the person edit
• 0011854 : Add Option to Auto Sort and Auto Sort Event By Date When New Event Entered
• 0009089 : When adding a child to a family use smarter sorting
• 0004360 : Add a generic method for sorting children by birthdate on family (sort.py)
• 0008509 : files in the “media” get files window, are not correctly sorted
• 0001949 3 2 : Book report, custom page, editing a style - list sorting - proposition