Sorting

[DocSniper]

A sorting and an auto sorting function would be nice. :-)

• Manual A-Z sort or opposite from the menu.
• Automatic (at runtime) A-Z sorting, so the list is always in order
• Manual sorting for checked and unchecked items and opposite
• Automatic sorting for checked and unchecked and opposite, so the list is always ready for shopping

Thanks in advance.

[woefe]

Manual "one-shot" alphabetic sorting from the menu should be possible to implement 👍

But I'm not a fan of automatic sorting, because:

• It conflicts with manually rearranging (for me that's one of the most important features). Having both enabled at the same time will be pretty unusable.
• I found it pretty annoying in other apps. I constantly lost (visual) focus on items after clicking something and the list suddenly re-sorts

Maybe, if there is enough demand for it, I could implement an option to enable either "automatic sorting" or "manual rearranging". But for now I probably won't implement it.

What is your use-case for automatic sorting by checked/unchecked? If you want to use it to have a repository of items that can be quickly added, I have a different (possibly better) solution in #10.

[DocSniper]

Automatic sorting was just a spontaneous idea, but to understand my intention behind, here my standard shopping list app use case explained:

I like the idea behind apps like Trolly or ShoLi which have basically 2 lists, an item list and a needed list or shopping list.

The reason why I think an item list is mandatory is I don't want to enter the same things always and always again. Like milk or bread e.g. which I need to buy nearly every time when I go shopping.

This is also the reason why I "need" alphabetical and checked/unchecked (auto) sorting. So I can have all items in one list. Searching is far easier in a huge list when it's a-z sorted. Same with shopping, it's easy when all things I need are on top of the list. If I had to scroll and search in the complete list I would go insane, same with manual sorting to the top before shopping.

Maybe I'm incompatible to your app, but I like your app. :-)

[DocSniper]

Oh I see, the idea from #10 is like an item list. Maybe it can fit my requirement even better than to have item and shopping list unified and sorted.
With the idea in #10 I would have my 2 lists back.

Great idea ... can't wait to test that feature. ;-)

[woefe]

Alphabetic sorting is implemented (on master).

I had some more ideas on #10. @sniperle, if you have the time, I'd welcome you to join the discussion on #10.

[DocSniper]

Thank you for implementing. :-)
Will test it as soon as it's available via F-Droid.