56694 - facilitate sharing of tree column sorting code

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: XUL, defect, P3)

Description

[Peter "jag" Annema]

There's some duplication in tree column sorting code, this should be moved into
its own file so it can be shared by a number of clients (basically all those who
want column sorting in trees).

Alternatively this code could be integrated into the tree itself. hyatt, any
thoughts on this?

For a work in progress treeSort.js which provides both bi state and tri state
sorting, see the patch attached to bug 53865.

Comment 1

[David Hyatt]

Should probably be built into XBL.

Comment 2

[Peter "jag" Annema]

Okay, sounds good, XBL it is.

To clarify, what I'm talking about is the doSort javascript code which
determines what currently is being sorted on, and which order, then determines
what the next state should be and calls the XUL Sort Service accordingly.

I've basically got something for all clients but mail/news, next I'm going to
look at mail/news and see how they use the XUL Sort Service and if/how I can
integrate that.

Comment 3

[Peter "jag" Annema]

Mass move to [e-mail]

Comment 4

[Peter Trudelle]

->wontfix, tree is dead, long live the outliner!