Re: [Usability] List View Column Header Sorting

[Thorsten Wilms <t_w_ freenet de>]

On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 08:41:35AM +1300, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:

> Good thinking! That's long confused me, but not jarringly enough for me 
> to realize it was a bug.

Well, thanks :)
 
> > ...
> > From
> > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=331551
> > ...
> > Mockup:
> > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=59579&action=view
> 
> In the bug report I suggested a variation on one of your ideas.

I'm experimenting a bit, mockups will follow.


> > I changed the dividers for resizing from sunken to raised, because 
> > drag-handles are usualy and should be raised. Guess that's a theming 
> > thing, though.
> 
> That's an interesting idea, though it might make drag-and-drop column 
> rearrangement less obvious, because the columns would look glued 
> together.

This made me check if you can rearrange columns via drag and drop.
You can't. At least not in Nautilus.

What I proposed is not drang and drop, but just clicking on a column 
header to make it jump to the left, as I figured this should be the 
most efficient way. The sorting direction icon should be an idependent 
target area, to allow switching direction without reordering columns, 
then.

I think changing the order of columns would be the best way to 
communicate the sequence of multiple sorting. All other ways I can 
think of require more complex graphics. There are also interaction 
issues like made apparent in the discussion on
"Sorting By Multiple columns should be supported"
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112060


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