Primary grid should be sortable by columns

[tfmorris]

Original author: staringmonkey (May 14, 2010 13:49:17)

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. Click header on any column, or select View from the menu.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

I expect the columns to be sortable, but they aren't.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

SVN HEAD on OSX.

Please provide any additional information below.

If this is by-design--and believe I have some understanding of why it would
be--then its not a huge loss, but if its a reasonably straight-forward
feature to add, it would be very useful.

Original issue: http://code.google.com/p/google-refine/issues/detail?id=32

[tfmorris]

From iainsproat on May 14, 2010 15:01:12:
issue #35 has been merged into this issue.

[tfmorris]

From dfhu...@gmail.com on May 14, 2010 16:35:34:
I've been thinking about this. I think it's a 1.1 feature. I need to re-think the whole
record model before getting into sorting.

There are actually 2 different kinds of sorting: one temporary for viewing only, and
one for actually re-ordering the rows permanently. For now, I'll refer to the former as
"sorting" and the latter as "re-ordering".

[tfmorris]

From dfhu...@gmail.com on May 22, 2010 01:43:20:
Initial implementation as of r840. Column sorting is temporary until you invoke Reorder Rows Permanently. We'll
need a few UI iterations to nail this feature properly.

staringmonkey, iainsproat, please try it out! Note that row-based vs. record-based modes are taken into account
when sorting.

[tfmorris]

From dfhu...@gmail.com on May 24, 2010 23:50:36:
Counted this as fixed. Please create new issues as you find bugs with the sorting feature.

[tfmorris]

From iainsproat on May 14, 2010 15:01:12:
issue #35 has been merged into this issue.