Filter widget: Values for filter-select dropdown should be sortable

[riker09]

The values that get extracted from the table rows and grouped together in the option list should be sorted by default. I'm guessing a natural sort makes sense. This should be another headercolum option (see #102).

If my table contains a column with these values:

• ABCD 1
• ABCD 2
• ABCD 2
• ABCD 3
• ABCD 1
• ABCD 12
• ABCD 12
• ABCD 24

and the column has the filter-select option set the options of the drop down should be sorted with a natural sort by default:

• ABCD 1
• ABCD 2
• ABCD 3
• ABCD 12
• ABCD 24

[Mottie]

Hmm, in order to use the natural sort in a widget, I think I'm going to have to make the sortText function public. Not that big of a deal I guess.

[riker09]

I guess you're busy working on version 3 or are there any news on this issue?

[Mottie]

I'm sorry... life has been hectic around here. I haven't had a chance to work on the plugin for a while. But good news, it's pretty much all done. I'm just working on the documentation now. I hope to have version 2.4 posted before this weekend.

[Mottie]

Ok, version 2.4 is now live. It now does a natural sort on the select options.