Dynamic table sorting in Admin tables

[Ryan J Ollos]

Allow the Components, Milestones, Repositories and Versions (and possible Enum) tables to be sorted. This was mentioned in #10994. For inspiration, see ​th:#10876 and ​th:TableSorterPlugin.

[Ryan J Ollos]

We could also consider first implementing sorting that requires a page refresh, like the Query results page, allowing the dynamic sorting functionality to replace it when JavaScript is enabled. It may not be worth the extra effort though.

[anonymous]

There's been some interest in the idea over in add sortable tables to wiki. There is a list of related tickets included as well, in addition to a ​plugin by "psuter".

[walty <walty8@…>]

just to be sure, we are talking about the tables inside the admin page, is that correct?

[Ryan J Ollos]

Yes, such as the table below Manage Components on the /admin/ticket/components page.

[anonymous]

while it seems easier to be accomplished using jquery plugin, the tickets explicitly want the feature even if the javascript is disabled, in which case I need to set up some (general) query string in the current admin page URL.

And while setting up the query string, should I consider the case there are multiple tables in the page? Currently each page should contain one table only, but I am not sure if I need to generalize to that case as well.

I wonder if there are some similar pages I could reference to? Or it's something not implemented before?

[walty <walty8@…>]

Replying to anonymous:

while it seems easier to be accomplished using jquery plugin, the tickets explicitly want the feature even if the javascript is disabled, in which case I need to set up some (general) query string in the current admin page URL.

And while setting up the query string, should I consider the case there are multiple tables in the page? Currently each page should contain one table only, but I am not sure if I need to generalize to that case as well.

I wonder if there are some similar pages I could reference to? Or it's something not implemented before?

sorry that I forgot to set up the username in this computer before sending the comment.

[Ryan J Ollos]

Replying to anonymous:

while it seems easier to be accomplished using jquery plugin, the tickets explicitly want the feature even if the javascript is disabled,

I think we can just implement it in jQuery. It's a progressive enhancement, so there's no harm to users that don't have JavaScript enabled. Anyway, Trac will likely soon move away from requiring no-JavaScript fallbacks.

And while setting up the query string, should I consider the case there are multiple tables in the page?

You could just handle the existing cases for now, and if a case of multiple tables per page arises we can deal with it at that time.

I wonder if there are some similar pages I could reference to? Or it's something not implemented before?

Table sorting using page reload is implemented on the Query page.

[Ryan J Ollos]

TODO Update deprecation notice at ​AdminEnumListPlugin when this ticket is concluded.

[Ryan J Ollos]

Milestone renamed

[figaro]

Match keyword with #8949.