Save sort order column of main table #4327

Siedlerchr · 2018-09-09T17:38:25Z

I tired to fix the above issue. But I have the problem that the column sort listener is never fired when the sort order is DESCENDING.

Edit// I also fixed an FX Threading error when opening a new library (the snackbar output was not onFX Thread)

@tobiasdiez Any idea if I did sth wrong oder have to set the value somewhere else?

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tobiasdiez · 2018-09-09T19:14:47Z

Sorry no idea, would also need to debug this to see what's going on.

Siedlerchr · 2018-09-10T09:39:14Z

Hm, this is odd. I created a simple test application based on the code here https://code.makery.ch/blog/javafx-8-tableview-sorting-filtering/
and I experience the same behaviour

Siedlerchr · 2018-09-10T11:27:53Z

Apparently the SortOrder alone was not sufficient: https://stackoverflow.com/a/52255643/3450689
It works now

tobiasdiez

Nice! I've only a few remarks, mainly around code that apparently was added in previous tries and is now no longer needed.

tobiasdiez · 2018-09-10T16:15:17Z

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/ColumnPreferences.java

+
+    public Optional<SortType> getSortTypeForColumn(String columnName) {
+
+        if (columnName.equals(columnSortOrder.get(0))) {


This parsing should happen in the JabRefPreferences class so that the constructor here admits a map: column > sort order

tobiasdiez · 2018-09-10T16:17:09Z

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTable.java

@@ -114,6 +114,12 @@ public MainTable(MainTableDataModel model, JabRefFrame frame,

        this.pane.getStylesheets().add(MainTable.class.getResource("MainTable.css").toExternalForm());

+        //Set sort order column from preferences, currently only single column suported
+        this.getColumns().forEach(col -> preferences.getColumnPreferences().getSortTypeForColumn(col.getText()).ifPresent(sortType -> {
+            this.getSortOrder().add(col);


Is this call this.getSortOrder().add(col); really necessary? I thought the TableView manages the sort order list on its own.

Yes, I found it out while testing. The sort oder defines the column which are considered to be sorting.
The sortType property only has an influence if the column is the sortOrder

tobiasdiez · 2018-09-10T16:18:22Z

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTable.java

@@ -114,6 +114,12 @@ public MainTable(MainTableDataModel model, JabRefFrame frame,

        this.pane.getStylesheets().add(MainTable.class.getResource("MainTable.css").toExternalForm());

+        //Set sort order column from preferences, currently only single column suported


why is only one column supported? You already transverse all columns here and set the right sort order, or do I miss something?

As I learned from the SO answer, with shift it's possible to add multiple columns to the sort order.
However, currently only one column is stored, e.g. if you have both author DESCENDING and timestamp ASCENDING, it will only store the first one. Or do we have an elegant solution to store Key-Value Pairs in the preferences? e.g. a list of columns with sort type.

The standard way is to have two lists, one for the keys and one for the values. In the progress, it would be nice if you would add the corresponding wrapper methods (get/putMap) in JabRefPreferences for reuse in the future.

tobiasdiez · 2018-09-10T16:21:21Z

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/PersistenceVisualStateTable.java

@@ -41,13 +43,16 @@ private void onColumnsChanged(ListChangeListener.Change<? extends TableColumn<Bi
    private void updateColumnPreferences() {
        List<String> columnNames = new ArrayList<>();
        List<String> columnsWidths = new ArrayList<>();
+        List<String> columnSortOrders = new ArrayList<>();


This looks like it's not used...

tobiasdiez · 2018-09-10T16:21:53Z

src/main/java/org/jabref/preferences/JabRefPreferences.java

@@ -1955,4 +1961,13 @@ public void setIdBasedFetcherForEntryGenerator(String fetcherName) {
    public String getIdBasedFetcherForEntryGenerator() {
        return get(ID_ENTRY_GENERATOR);
    }
+
+    public void setMainTableColumnSortOrder(String column, String sortType) {


Accept SortOrder and not a string as second argument.

tobiasdiez · 2018-09-10T16:22:15Z

src/main/java/org/jabref/preferences/JabRefPreferences.java

+        putStringList(SORT_COLUMN, Arrays.asList(column, sortType));
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getMainTableColumnSortOrder() {


Siedlerchr · 2018-09-11T11:23:40Z

I will try if I can store the sortOrder as well.

* upstream/master: Fix that web search pane steals input (#4335) Fix entry editor field display (#4333) Convert update worker to BackgroundTask (#4334) Fix that "Rename and move file" throws file not found exception (#4317)

Siedlerchr · 2018-09-12T10:31:02Z

I now managed to save the whole sort oder for multiple columns.

tobiasdiez

I just stumbled upon it, but it appears that Maintable.setupComparatorChooser contained the old logic for storing the sort order. This (and related code like preference keys) probably can now be deleted.

* upstream/master: Fix export of corporate author to MSOffice (#4337) Added new keyboard shortcut "ctrl+E" for closing the entry editor. (#4222) (#4338) Remove GlobalFocusListener and old TextField entry editor (#4336)

remove old table prefs sort order fields also from prefs

tobiasdiez · 2018-09-13T10:18:16Z

src/main/java/org/jabref/preferences/JabRefPreferences.java

@@ -1442,8 +1429,6 @@ public SavePreferences loadForExportFromPreferences() {
        if (!saveInOriginalOrder) {
            if (this.getBoolean(JabRefPreferences.EXPORT_IN_SPECIFIED_ORDER)) {
                saveOrder = this.loadExportSaveOrder();
-            } else {
-                saveOrder = this.loadTableSaveOrder();


I suspect this is still needed to allow the user to export entries in the current sort order.

But the preferences are no longer set and therefore removed. So I think this is similar to default order?

I still think the export sort order should be different from the table sort order and I will remove table sort order. But I currently see no easy way to convert the table column sort order to our schema

I'm fine with removing the "export according to table sorting" feature since it may quickly lead to unexpected exports (although I'm pretty confident that some users rely on this feature). But then please add a changelog entry and check if the documentation needs to be adopted accordingly.

I quickly had an idea on how to re implement this which works.

restore table sort oder config

tobiasdiez

Perfect!

Save sort order column of main table

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Siedlerchr changed the title ~~[WIP] Save sort order column of main table~~ Save sort order column of main table Sep 10, 2018

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		public Optional<SortType> getSortTypeForColumn(String columnName) {

		if (columnName.equals(columnSortOrder.get(0))) {

		@@ -114,6 +114,12 @@ public MainTable(MainTableDataModel model, JabRefFrame frame,

		this.pane.getStylesheets().add(MainTable.class.getResource("MainTable.css").toExternalForm());

		//Set sort order column from preferences, currently only single column suported

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