Closed
Bug 118900
Opened 23 years ago
Closed 17 years ago
Address book Print (or Print Preview) does not sort alphabetical (random order)
Categories
(MailNews Core :: Address Book, defect)
MailNews Core
Address Book
Tracking
(Not tracked)
RESOLVED
FIXED
mozilla1.9
People
(Reporter: nbaca, Unassigned)
References
Details
(Whiteboard: [adt3] nab-print, workaround comment 13)
Attachments
(1 file)
2.80 KB,
patch
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mscott
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superreview+
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Details | Diff | Splinter Review |
Trunk build 2002-01-08-03: WinMe
Overview: Print an address book and the cards do not appear in alphabetical
order.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Select or create an address book with various entries. For instance:
- John Smith
- Zoi Jones
- Annie Blake
2. Select the address book from the directory pane
3. File|Print Address Book
Actual Results: The cards print in the order they were entered.
Expected Results: They should print in alphabetical order
- First Name, Last Name (should sort by first name?)
- Last Name, First Name (should sort by last name)
- Display Name (should sort by display name?)
Reporter | ||
Comment 1•23 years ago
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Marking nsbeta1 so that when an adress book is printed, it prints in some type
of order.
Keywords: nsbeta1
Whiteboard: nab-print
Comment 2•23 years ago
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taking. the fix for this is going to involve using the nsAbView when printing.
Assignee: racham → sspitzer
Updated•23 years ago
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Updated•23 years ago
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Reporter | ||
Comment 3•22 years ago
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Marking nsbeta1. It would be nice for the printed list to be in the same order
that is displayed in the Address Book window.
Comment 4•22 years ago
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Mail triage team: nsbeta1+/adt3
Comment 6•22 years ago
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A linked problem is that address lists are printed unsorted.
More importantly lists are displayed unsorted when they are double-clicked to
bring up the list window.
Similarly if a 'list' card is selected in the upper right pane the e-mail list
in the 'details' lower right pane is unsorted.
The list is however shown correctly sorted in the right upper pane if the 'list'
card is selected in the left pane.
Is this another bug or essentially the same one?
Updated•22 years ago
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Target Milestone: --- → mozilla1.4beta
This bug was targetted for 1.4 beta, but isn't fixed in the latest build. Is
there a new target?
Comment 8•21 years ago
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Is there a targeted release in which to fix this bug?
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Comment 9•21 years ago
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I observe the same problem than the reporter using Mozilla 1.7 final, i.e. the
list is printed as it was entered in the address book instead of some
alphabetical order. This renders printing useless (try to find something in an
unordered list of several hundreds of addresses!!!).
This bug really needs attention (nothing has been done since 2002). Marking
blocking1.7.1? and 1.8a2? to get some attention from developers.
Flags: blocking1.8a2?
Flags: blocking1.7.1?
Updated•21 years ago
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Flags: blocking1.8a2? → blocking1.8a2-
Comment 10•20 years ago
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*** Bug 248789 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 11•20 years ago
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*** Bug 261183 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 12•20 years ago
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*** Bug 251236 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Updated•20 years ago
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Product: Browser → Seamonkey
Updated•20 years ago
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Flags: blocking1.7.5? → blocking1.7.5-
Comment 13•20 years ago
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Work around...
- Create a new temp address book
- Select all cards in original address book. Select view->show name as->last,
first.
- drag all cards to new address book.
- cards in new address book will be in order
- delete all entries in original address book
- drag all cards from temp address book to original address book
- delete temp address book.
Comment 14•20 years ago
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Bill, thanks a lot for that tip, that one is great!
Comment 15•20 years ago
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*** Bug 276575 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 16•20 years ago
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While the workaround is nice for experienced users, explaining to my mom that
she can not print a sorted list without some mickey mouse roll call is very hard.
Can you print a sorted list in Outlook? What about Thunderbird?
Assignee: cavin → sspitzer
QA Contact: nbaca
Target Milestone: mozilla1.4beta → ---
Comment 17•20 years ago
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(In reply to comment #16)
> Can you print a sorted list in Outlook? What about Thunderbird?
Doesn't work with Thunderbird (1.0 under Linux) for me.
Comment 18•20 years ago
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*** Bug 286359 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Updated•20 years ago
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Assignee: sspitzer → mail
Updated•19 years ago
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Whiteboard: [adt3] nab-print → [adt3] nab-print, workaround comment 13
Comment 19•19 years ago
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*** Bug 290269 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Updated•19 years ago
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Assignee: mail → nobody
Component: Address Book → MailNews: Address Book
Product: Mozilla Application Suite → Core
QA Contact: addressbook
Comment 20•19 years ago
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This bug is still relevant in Thunderbird 1.0.6 on Windows XP SP2 machine.
Comment 21•19 years ago
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This bug is still relevant in Thunderbird 1.5 beta2 win & linux
Use workaround from comment #13.
Comment 22•19 years ago
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I have tidied the summary a bit here to make it easier to find. I'm also
changng to all/all.
OS: Windows ME → All
Summary: Printing an address book and it is not sorted → Address book Print (or Print Preview) does not sort alphabetical (random order)
Comment 23•19 years ago
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*** Bug 312717 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 24•19 years ago
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You could fix this by using "nsAbView" I think...
Comment 25•18 years ago
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*** Bug 364640 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 26•18 years ago
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Seems a bit odd that although listed with last name, first, a person is not able to print the list in that manner.
Also when trying to print just the address book and not the card, it comes up as card for printing.
Takes up a lot of unnecessary paper, especially when traveling and needing your address book.
Would love to have this fixed.
Comment 28•18 years ago
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Seems like a basic request to me - an alphabetical printed list!
Comment 30•18 years ago
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I agree that the ability to print the address list alphabetically is a basic feature! I've just downloaded TBird 2.0.0.0 and was very surprised to see the bug unchanged. Please take this as a "Yes" vote!
Comment 31•18 years ago
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(In reply to comment #30)
> I agree that the ability to print the address list alphabetically is a basic
> feature! I've just downloaded TBird 2.0.0.0 and was very surprised to see the
> bug unchanged. Please take this as a "Yes" vote!
>
I agree: thunderbird has been bugged for 5 years!! Please fix it now!
Comment 32•18 years ago
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Why has this 5 year old bug not been fixed in V2.0?
Ideally it would be nice to have print features ala Apple's Address Book which provides a number of ways to present printed records.
Comment 33•18 years ago
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I agree...I cannot believe that we actually offer a product that can display the list in one order and yet ONLY print it in another order. When I tell people that this is the case, they look at me like I have two heads--Please fix it--this is a YES vote!
Thanks!
Comment 34•18 years ago
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this isn't just for the trunk version. maybe this makes this bug less visible: the bug is in the 2 version, too!!!
Comment 35•18 years ago
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I looked at this code a little bit yesterday - it might be possible to change this print code to look up the current sort for the address book getting printed, create a view on it with that sort, and then print the cards in the view order. It depends on how general/modular/accessible the view code is, among other things.
Comment 36•18 years ago
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David I have an idea that may tie in with how you plan to pre-process the address book data. I thought of using a modal dialog where the user can select one of three sort orders. That selection could then set the filter option applied during the pre-process. This could give a print sort order with out altering the abook preference.
If you believe this should be a new enhancement I am willing to open a new bug for it.
Comment 37•17 years ago
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As a senior who has little computer savvy, I wish my address book would be automatically alphabetized based upon the fist word in the name entered in the addsess book by me or my wife. No mental/computer gymnastics wanted!
Comment 38•17 years ago
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I'm going to try this out...it should be better than just using the card id as the sort order.
Updated•17 years ago
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Attachment #278130 -
Flags: superreview?(mscott)
Updated•17 years ago
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Attachment #278130 -
Flags: superreview?(mscott) → superreview+
Comment 39•17 years ago
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we now sort by the generated name, before printing, so we respect the view | show name as preference w.r.t what order we print in, if I'm understanding the code correctly. So if you want to print by last name, you'd choose the display "last name, first" setting and then print.
This is fixed in nightly trunk builds and will be in Tb 3.0 - please don't expect it in 2.0 builds
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 17 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Comment 40•17 years ago
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Easy work around to print in desired sort---
Export as .csv file which creates an Excel spreadsheet. Manipulate data in Excel
however you wish. Print Excel file for WYSIWYG results.
Comment 41•17 years ago
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why does the status say resolved fixed.
It most certainly isn't fixed and it is an embarrassing bug to have.
For heaven's sake, fix it and the lame print format that wastes paper as well as coming out in an unusable order.
Comment 42•17 years ago
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Patrick, so you've downloaded a trunk build and it didn't work for you? Or did you not read https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118900#c39 ?
Comment 43•17 years ago
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Suggestion: print sort order is taken from the address book sort order used for display (default is name). Easy to use and understand + fairly standard way to do this.
Reading this thread I cannot understand why the status of this bug is "resolved".
Comment 44•17 years ago
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Again, it's fixed in trunk builds, not 2.0x builds.
Comment 45•17 years ago
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I'm new and untrained in computers. I would like the alphabetizing matter resolved because I will have to spend too much time looking for people randomly in the address book. Make it high priority please. And how do I alphabetize my bookmarks?
Comment 46•17 years ago
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David: any reason to keep this open? Were you planning on doing anything else here?
Comment 47•17 years ago
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Magnus, the only reason to keep this open would be to make the sort be based on the current ab view sort, not just "Generated Name". But maybe it would make sense to open a new bug for that, and leave this one closed.
Comment 48•17 years ago
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(In reply to comment #45)
> I'm new and untrained in computers. I would like the alphabetizing matter
> resolved because I will have to spend too much time looking for people randomly
> in the address book. Make it high priority please. And how do I alphabetize my
> bookmarks?
>
I agree here. This is a problem that needs to be fixed immediately but it appears that this is an ongoing problem. Maybe new help needs to be hired.
Comment 49•17 years ago
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As you can see from the status, it's already fixed for thunderbird3/seamonkey2.
Priority: P3 → --
Target Milestone: --- → mozilla1.9
Assignee | ||
Updated•17 years ago
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Product: Core → MailNews Core
Comment 50•16 years ago
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It isn't "RESOLVED FIXED" until the code's distributed and working -- we still can't produce a usable ordered output, after 6 years!
Comment 51•16 years ago
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The code is distributed and working. Try the latest beta:
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/releases/3.0b1/
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/2.0a2
Comment 52•16 years ago
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I need the feature but I'm afraid to go to a beta version. According to the Thunderbird road map 3.o release was scheduled for first quarter 2008. How come the delay?
Comment 53•16 years ago
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(In reply to comment #52)
> I need the feature but I'm afraid to go to a beta version. According to the
> Thunderbird road map 3.o release was scheduled for first quarter 2008. How
> come the delay?
I'm pretty sure we have *never* stated or suggested a release of first quarter 2008. There is no delay on that date.
Comment 54•16 years ago
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"We" didn't, mscott did, when he pushed it from "Q2 2007?" (a date he set while setting Tb2 release for "Late Fall 2006" in February 2006) to "Q1 2008?" in January 2007 in http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/roadmap.html (which has the title "Mozilla Thunderbird 2 Roadmap", a hint that we aren't actually using that).
Dates are subject to change, Mozilla never has and never will expend a great deal of effort in continually updating expected dates of future releases since we're more interested in dates we can control and that affect us, like "when's the next code freeze, and when do I have to land these strings?", and the one thing that's absolutely certain is that the only effect of asking about release dates in old closed bugs is that you'll take up a little time from a few developers who don't *know* when a future release will happen, don't ultimately control when it will happen, but will then be a few minutes further behind on their part of it.
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