209198 - sorting (with column headings) in Bookmark Manager sorts data, not view

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(SeaMonkey :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[Daniel B.]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030529
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030529

In the Bookmark Manager window, clicking on a column heading to sort the table
rearranges the data, instead of just rearranging the current display of the
data.

Mozilla should either:

1.  Only change the display order, never changing the order within the tree.

2.  Provide two forms of sorting, one for changing only the display order, and
    a second for actually changing the order within the tree.

This is a Netscape 4.x parity bug:  It allowed re-sorting the displayed view
without actually re-ordering the bookmarks tree.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Click on a column heading.
2.  Notice the confirmation dialog box that says:

    If you sort this list, you will not be able to Undo it. ...



Actual Results:  
See step 2.

Comment 1

[OstGote!]

see bug 205378 comment 43, in that bug the current behavior was implemented :-/

see also Bug 209355 for a warning dialog

Comment 2

[Daniel Wang]

wfm Mozilla 1.7 / Win2K
reporter (Daniel B), can you still reproduce this bug in Mozilla 1.7 ?

Comment 3

[Daniel B.]

> wfm Mozilla 1.7 / Win2K
> reporter (Daniel B), can you still reproduce this bug in Mozilla 1.7 ?

Yes; easily, in fact.  I:
- opened the Bookmark Manager window (by using the Booksmarks / Manage
  Bookmarks... menu item),
- clicked on the Name column heading, and
- got a dialog box that says:
    If you sort this list, you will not be able to Undo it.  Are you 
    sure you want to sort the list?
  and with a "Don't ask me this again" checkbox and with "OK" and 
  "Cancel" buttons.

This is with Mozilla 1.7
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040616 
on
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

Comment 4

[Gabriel Seah]

I'm on Mozilla 1.8a2 Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8a2)
Gecko/20040623 and when for this build, clicking on the Name column sorts the
view only.

Clicking on the name column, closing Bookmark Manager and then reopening it
gives the original, non-sorted view.

Using the "Sort Folder By Name" command is a whole different ballgame, though
(Bug 209355), as it can't be similarly undone.

I propose marking this WFM.

Comment 5

[R.K.Aa.]

according to bug 244519, only display view is now sorted, not the data.
Daniel B: Are you still seeing this bug in recent builds? (1.8a or later)

Comment 6

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 7

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
comment). If anyone thinks this is incorrect, they should feel free to reopen it.

Comment 8

[j]

(In reply to comment #7)
> This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see
> above
> comment). If anyone thinks this is incorrect, they should feel free to reopen
> it.
> 
 This seems like a BS move, nothing but hiding from the problem.  The problem is real and should FIXED, not just ignored because of 'inactivity'.  I intended to reopen this, but don't seem to have that option showing.  However, this is just one of the innumerable problems in bookmark management.  Also, this should be changed to at least all windows systems, probably ALL, not restricted to XP.

Comment 9

[OstGote!]

I have just tested this with a current SeaMonkey trunk build on WinXP. It is works for me, sort order changes by clicking on column headings are not saved and do not change the internal order of the bookmarks file. So same as comment 4. Note that on trunk and 1.8 branch the Ctrl+N shortcut is now removed, but the problem of irreversibility for the sorting folder by name still remains. But that is another bug.