sort goals consistently #58
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goals are sorted alphabetically by slug on HealthKitConfigVC and ConfigureNotificationsVC this is now the same order used in GalleryVC when sorting by slug
there is a preference for sorting goals and now that preference works on the three screens showing a list of the goals previously only the main gallery respected the preference with the other two sorting by slug
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So I'm not positive that it makes sense to have the sort preference apply to goals in places besides the dashboard. I wouldn't expect a settings screen to order goals in a way that changes (or could change) from day to day. See, for example, the Reminders page on the website - https://www.beeminder.com/reminders/[username]. It does let you click any of the columns and sorts things in place, but that sort order is not persistent. |
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https://www.beeminder.com/[username] allows for sorting in the same way, by column in the same way as the reminders (which seems to default to sorting by slug) page does. However, it appears to sort by deadline upon login. And true, each are sorted independently. We have the fix for the Z to A sorting on goal names in Commit 94b9c1e followed by Commit d474d26 where all three lists of goals are sorted in the same way. This is the control the user has in the app to sort the goals. In my case, with my dozen or so goals, given the few times entering into the healthKitSettings screen, I was focused on finding the goal for which I wanted to add a HealthKit data source. The sort order was not clear to me though it did not much matter since I only needed to scroll just a bit. I think using the same sort in these three cases adds value if not for anything other than being consistent and for providing the user with a chance to influence an outcome. How shall we proceed? |
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This appears to be the original feature request for sorting by name in the app: https://forum.beeminder.com/t/feature-request-alphabetical-or-time-listing-on-iphone-app/324 |
goals are sorted according to the sort-goals-by preference not only in the list displayed on the gallery but also in the lists displayed on configureNotifications and healthKitConfig