244519 - Remove confusion over 'sort' options in Bookmark Manager

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[Dan]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8a1) Gecko/20040520
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8a1) Gecko/20040520

The Bookmark Manager in 1.8a has been changed so clicking the tree column
heading just changes the presentation of the tree as elsewhere in Mozilla (not
sorts the bookmark data as before), which is fine as it stops users accidently
ruining their bookmarks by misunderstanding the kind of sort being used. However
the options in the edit menu are still called 'sort' which still leaves room for
doubt. A synonym like 're-order' would be better instead.

Another problem is the CTRL+N shortcut for 'Sort Folder by Name' which sorts
without any confirmation. Elsewhere in Mozilla, CTRL+N opens a new browser
window. Maybe it would be better to remove this shortcut?

If the changes sound okay, I can work on this patch if nobody else has the time.

See also http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=4774#2 (Bookmark sorting).


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1

[Jan Varga [:janv]]

Neil, what do you think?
What wording do you suggest?

Dan, if we decide to change it, I'd like to change it everywhere, not only in
the UI (e.g. there's a method sortFolder).

Comment 2

[zug_treno]

(In reply to comment #0)
> Another problem is the CTRL+N shortcut for 'Sort Folder by Name' which sorts
> without any confirmation.

This seems to be bug 209355.

Comment 3

[Ray Booysen]

Reassigning as per Bug #32644

Comment 4

[Philip Chee]

Bookmarks Manager has been rewritten to use the Places Backend. Obsoleting this bug. Please file a new bug for issues with the new Bookmarks Manager.