Reorganize items in shopping list

[jjohnstondev]

Firstly, loving the whole idea of the app. It's a great one stop shop for everything my household needs. However, there is one small feature I'd like to request for the shopping list aspect. When we are creating our shopping list, we're usually just adding items as we think about them and then we would organize our list later based on the layout of whatever store we are going to. With the current implementation of the app, the list is ordered by the sequence you enter the items into the list. A simple drag/drop would be ideal and this is the only thing holding us back from switching.

[ulsklyc]

Thanks, and glad the app fits your household.

You are right about the cause, with one detail worth knowing: the list is not purely entry-ordered. It groups by category first, and that order is already yours to arrange. Settings > the tag icon above the list opens the category manager, where you can drag "Bakery" above "Produce" and so on, which is how most people map a list onto a store. What was missing is the level below it: inside a category there was no handle at all, so the items stayed in the order you typed them.

That level now exists. PR #690 adds drag-and-drop reordering within a category, so you get both handles: the aisle walk via the category order, and the fine ordering within each aisle.

A few things I decided along the way, in case they matter to you:

• Per category, not across the whole list. A list-wide rank next to the category order would have been two answers to the same question. Moving an item to a different category is a category change, which the item dialog already does.
• Arrow keys work too. The handle is a real button: focus it and press up/down. Dragging is never the only way in this app, and it also helps on a phone in a shop when a precise drag is awkward.
• Checked items stay put. They already sit at the end of their category, so a drag on them would have sprung back on the next load.
• Existing lists keep their current order. The migration numbers your rows by their current position, so nothing shuffles when you update.

It should land in the next release. If you try it and the interaction feels off, especially on a phone, say so here and I will adjust it.

[jjohnstondev]

Appreciate the reply! I will keep an eye out for the next release and report back any issues.