364108 - Bookmarks manager/menu doesn't sort recursively

Status: RESOLVED INACTIVE

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, enhancement)

Description

[Matthew Flaschen]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.8) Gecko/20061115 Ubuntu/dapper-security Firefox/1.5.0.8
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.8) Gecko/20061115 Ubuntu/dapper-security Firefox/1.5.0.8

I think most people intend that when they sort their bookmarks by name, all bookmarks in all folders should be sorted within their folders.  Instead, only the current level is sorted; I believe this should be done recursively, and it still isn't (in either the menu or the manager) despite Bug 149690 being marked fixed.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Click Bookmarks
2. Right click on an item that isn't in a folder
3. Click "Sort By Name"
Actual Results:  
The top/current level is sorted.

Expected Results:  
All bookmarks are sorted with respect to the items in their current folder.

I would also expect that the bookmarks be kept sorted.  I filed a separate bug, Bug 364107 , about that.

Comment 1

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

Sounds like a nightmare to me when you click "Sort By Name" unintentionally :).
The Sort Bookmarks extension has this function (don't know if it works in Linux): https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/51/
For installing it you need to override compatibility or change the maxversion in the extension.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Extensions.checkCompatibility
http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config

Comment 2

[Matthew Flaschen]

But surely it should at least be an option.  I don't see why an extension should be needed for this.  Either there should be a "Sort by Name Recursively" choice along with "Sort by Name" when you right click, or better, a global about:config option for it.

In my experience, though, almost no one really has a preferred ordering.

Comment 3

[Samuel Sidler (old account; do not CC)]

Confirming as a valid RFE.

Seth, is this covered in a Places bug somewhere? I'm not entirely sure if this bug will be relevant on the trunk and in Firefox 3.

Comment 4

[Paul J. Weiss]

This is definitely still relevant in Firefox 3, and still frustrating.

Comment 5

[Paul J. Weiss]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Sounds like a nightmare to me when you click "Sort By Name" unintentionally :).
> The Sort Bookmarks extension has this function (don't know if it works in
> Linux): https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/51/

That extension only works for the bookmarks menu itself, not the Library.

Comment 6

[Dietrich Ayala (:dietrich)]

This is not a severe program error, will not block the 3.1 release. Adding the uiwanted keyword to get UX team feedback as to whether there's precedent for this behavior.

Comment 7

[Alex Limi (:limi) — Firefox UX Team]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding this bug, but this seems to work for me in the current Firefox?

Reopen with updated instructions on how to reproduce if it's still a problem. :)

Comment 8

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

The problem is that it's not recursive, it only sorts the contents of the folder where you opened the context menu

Comment 10

[BMO Automation]

Per policy at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Bug_Triage/Projects/Bug_Handling/Bug_Husbandry#Inactive_Bugs. If this bug is not an enhancement request or a bug not present in a supported release of Firefox, then it may be reopened.