[jira] [Updated] (OFBIZ-2507) Sort options in form fields by their visible description (also if localized)

["Sharan Foga (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-2507?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Sharan Foga updated OFBIZ-2507:
-------------------------------
    Sprint: Bug Crush Event - 21/2/2015

> Sort options in form fields by their visible description (also if localized)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: OFBIZ-2507
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-2507
>             Project: OFBiz
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: framework
>    Affects Versions: Trunk
>            Reporter: Karim Rahimpur
>         Attachments: ModelFormField.java.patch
>
>
> Currently, when options are shown in drop-down fields we can use entity-order-by to sort the options by e.g. description.
> *But the order in which options appear is only valid for non-localized descriptions.*
> If we have localized descriptions we want to make sure that these also appear in order, otherwise we make it difficult for the user to find the desired option especially in drop-down fields with many options.
> Btw i consider this _major_ because for users who do not use the default language:
> - the presentation is non-standard and a usability obstacle
> - it's simply a real pain to look for an option in 'strangely-ordered' drop-downs
> *Proposed Solution*
> My proposal is to have a default ordering based on the description value of the _OptionValue_ key-description-pairs in ModelFormField.java.
> The advantage of doing this is that you get what you'd normally expect, by default, in any drop-down field without even having to tell the system to order by description. An implementation should of course respect _entity-order-by_ if present.



--
This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA
(v6.3.4#6332)