Hi Keith,
I think the only reason the Query Editor has the fields in alphabetical order
is because of the recent redesign.
I am not sure if there is any plan to redesign the Sort Editor; it certainly
isn't listed as a bug.
So, to work with the current behavior, I think you can use the SET FIELD TITLES
command:
{
SET FIELD TITLES lets you mask, rename, and reorder the fields of the table
passed in aTable or aSubtable when they appear in standard 4D dialog boxes,
such as the Query editor, within the Application environment (more
specifically, when the editors are called using 4D language commands).
}
http://livedoc.4d.com/4Dv15.4/help/Command/en/page602.html
There is some code available on the Forums (posted by Arnaud De Montard) that
will automatically sort the available fields for you using the SET FIELD TITLES
command, this could be called on startup:
http://forums.4d.fr/Post/EN/11766178/1/11766179#11766294
http://forums.4d.fr/Code4DText/EN/2/1/11766294/771132927
C_LONGINT($table_l;$field_l;$nbOfTables_l;$nbOfFields_l)
$nbOfTables_l:=Count tables
ARRAY LONGINT($number_al;$nbOfTables_l)
ARRAY TEXT($name_at;$nbOfTables_l)
For($table_l;1;$nbOfTables_l)
$number_al{$table_l}:=$table_l
$name_at{$table_l}:=Table name($table_l)
End for
SORT ARRAY($name_at;$number_al;>)
SET TABLE TITLES($name_at;$number_al)
For($table_l;1;$nbOfTables_l)
$nbOfFields_l:=Count fields($table_l)
ARRAY LONGINT($number_al;$nbOfFields_l)
ARRAY TEXT($name_at;$nbOfFields_l)
For($field_l;1;$nbOfFields_l)
$number_al{$field_l}:=$field_l
$name_at{$field_l}:=Field name($table_l;$field_l)
End for
SORT ARRAY($name_at;$number_al;>)
SET FIELD TITLES(Table($table_l)->;$name_at;$number_al)
End for
Kind Regards,
Tim PENNER
-----Original Message-----
From: 4D_Tech [mailto:4d_tech-boun...@lists.4d.com] On Behalf Of Keith Goebel
via 4D_Tech
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 3:28 PM
To: 4D Tech Mailing List Technical
Cc: Keith Goebel
Subject: v16 sort editor
Hi all.
Up until v15, the list of fields displayed in the Order By editor and in the
Property List > Expression editor, for a listbox, display in the order of
creation rather than alphabetically.
This behaviour makes it a pain to find a field in a large table.
The new-ish Query editor displays the fields alphabetically which is sooooo
much better.
I was hoping that v16 would have fixed the sort editor but I can see that it
hasn't changed (just opened v16.1 for the first time).
Am I missing something that will make those field lists sort alphabetically?
Am I the only one that would like the list of fields to be sorted?
Cheers, Keith
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