Outliner with drag/drop reordering - part 2

cvp

@ihf If you imagine another way to add a line at begin of file, tell me

ihf

@cvp My first instinct was to place the cursor in front of the first character on the first line and hit return. however, that adds a blank line to the item (which is good), so I think the menu item is fine.

ihf

@cvp I know it is possible to hide or (only show) checked items but is there a way to sort on the completed check box? (i.e., to place the completed items at the end (or beginning)? I almost get this when I view the ended date and do a descending sort but that reorders the rest of the outline in descending order for some reason.

cvp

@ihf said:

when I view the ended date and do a descending sort but that reorders the rest of the outline in descending order for some reason

V01.26 and outline.versions with

Version V01.26
    - correction of bug "sorting on a date should not sort items without this
      date (fi: due date, end date)"

With this correction, do you still want a sort on the completed check box?

ihf

@cvp That works although it is multiple steps and the dates must be shown to do it. I’d say its not terribly important but a pure sort on the checkbox is what i envisioned . More important: I just noticed that there is a bug when you view the dates and you have items with multiple lines. The second line of an item becomes part of the next line. I can send an image if it would help.

cvp

@ihf said:

More important: I just noticed that there is a bug when you view the dates and you have items with multiple lines. The second line of an item becomes part of the next line. I can send an image if it would help.

You already got this error and you posted "If my outline is collapsed and I select view by completion date, and then select sort button to change to sort down, the display gets messed up in that lines are overlapping.".
I know that problem comes from computing TableView row's height which does not take in account that rows are sorted and I wanted to let this problem for the future version without TableView, and check if the problem still occurs.

Edit : I just tested with my new ScrollView version (still in development) and problem should disappear

ihf

@cvp oops, sorry about that. I guess I am dropping bits…so to speak 😕

cvp

@ihf No problem.

Suppose I can develop the sort on the completed check box witHout date, how do you imagine to ask that? I would like to not be obliged to add a sort button like 🔢.
I could add some options in the eye menu or in the popup menu.

ihf

@cvp I would say the eye menu is the most intuitive.

cvp

@ihf ok but do you agree to have 3 options: sort ascending/descending/no sort? To avoid a supplementary button

ihf

@cvp sure, that would be fine.

cvp

@ihf new V01.27 and outline.versions with

Version V01.27
  - add new options in eye menu to sort items on their completed checkbox,
    at beginning, at end, or reset without sort (same as 'Expand all')

Feed-back hoped

Now, if I modify outline.py, I also have to incorporate modifications in ScrollView version, still in development for some time. 😢

ihf

@cvp I just restarted outline (v1.25) and it did not tell me about a new version.

cvp

@ihf weird. Internet accessible ? Retry

ihf

@cvp I agree, very weird. I tried on iPhone and iPad (both have connectivity) and both are staying on v1.25 with no notice of an update.

ihf

@cvp I tried on another iPad where I had updated to v1.26 and it also does not tell me about v1.27. Something else change in v1.25?

cvp

@ihf did you not try the V01.26 just before the V01.27?

Édit: sorry, I crossed your previous post

cvp

@ihf I found the reason, I erroneously added a blank line at begin of .versions file.
Wait 1 minute please

cvp

@ihf ok, retry please

ihf

@cvp That did it. The new version looks good and does exactly what I was looking for. There appears to be one small glitch. When I sort by check boxes at beginning it works perfectly but when I do it at end, there is a blank line after the first of the checked (completed) lines. I tried on another outline and had a similar problem except it was when I did the sort to beginning and then the blank line (2 of them) were between the uncompleted items at the end. I tried on 3 more outlines and did not see the problem.