On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:45 AM, Luke Plant <[email protected]> wrote:
> In the new admin sorting UI, which now supports sorting on multiple
> fields, the behaviour can be described by the following two rules:
>
> 1. If you click on a header, it is made the primary sort field
>   (with others moved down the list as necessary).
>
> 2. If you click on a header that was already part of the sorting,
>   the sort order for that field is reversed.
>

Just an idea, when a column is in use as a sort field, could we not
add/make visible a sort order widget, which is then used to control
the sort ordering of the column.
Eg, click the column to activate sorting by that field, with the
details you described. It then gains a simple widget (a large \u2193
?) in the column header, which when clicked toggles the sort order on
that column, without affecting the position in the sorting list.

This would remove the ambiguity about what clicking the header of a
column does - it always toggles sorting by that column, and provides a
simple and obvious way to change the sort order.

Cheers

Tom

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