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[phancox]

Just upgraded from version 3.5.51 to 3.5.73 and noticed that the sort order of folders in the task tree displayed on the top left appears to have changed.

Folders that don't contain sub-tasks now sort to the bottom whereas previously they sorted based on their name. For example:

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Projects
   - Product One
     + Version 0.02.003
     + Version 0.02.007
     + Version 0.02.008
     + Version 1.00.000
     + Version 1.00.001
     + Version 1.00.002
        Version 0.02.004
        Version 0.02.005
        Version 0.02.006


Previously "Version 0.02.004", "Version 0.02.005", and "Version 0.02.006" would have sorted higher in the list based on their name. They now appear at the bottom of the tree; presumably because they are the only tasks that don't have sub tasks?

[admin]

Yes, likely. This is similar to order, which used to sort folders/files in Windows Explorer, for example.

[phancox]

Is it possible to return to the previous behaviour? Was the change made deliberately for any particular reason?

The previous implementation makes much more sense to me as I see no value in sorting tasks to the bottom of the list purely because they have no sub-tasks.

[admin]

Is it possible to return to the previous behaviour? Was the change made deliberately for any particular reason?

The previous implementation makes much more sense to me as I see no value in sorting tasks to the bottom of the list purely because they have no sub-tasks.

Yes, this is as-designed, because makes navigation more usable, if you have many leaf-tasks and projects on the same tree level.

Can you move all empty versions to sub-group like "empty versions" ?

[phancox]

Is it possible to return to the previous behaviour? Was the change made deliberately for any particular reason?

The previous implementation makes much more sense to me as I see no value in sorting tasks to the bottom of the list purely because they have no sub-tasks.

Yes, this is as-designed, because makes navigation more usable, if you have many leaf-tasks and projects on the same tree level.

Can you move all empty versions to sub-group like "empty versions" ?

OK. I personally like the idea of grouping "folders" above "files", however, in this case they are all "folders"; it just so happens that some of them are empty. The problem is that because of TrackStudio's flexible hierarchy you have no way of differentiating between an "empty folder" and a "file".

You could possibly differentiate based on whether a task permitted sub-tasks. i.e., you would only sort the task to the bottom as per later versions if it could not have sub-tasks otherwise it would retain the previous sort order. This would seem to be the best of both worlds but could possibly be overly complex to code and no doubt won't suit every one.

I'll probably just create a dummy sub-task under my empty tasks. The only reason they're empty is becuase they relate to earlier software releases where we used Bugzilla and didn't migrate all the data into TrackStudio.

[admin]

The problem is that because of TrackStudio's flexible hierarchy you have no way of differentiating between an "empty folder" and a "file".

Yes, you right. This problem should be fixed in TrackStudio 4.

[diegos]

Hi,

I recently installed the 3.5.73 and define a project that has a tree of Folders with the following structure: countries, states, cities.

On the Task Tree they appeared sorted by name, just the empty folders in the bottom, like what happens to Phancox.

But in my case all the countries have states and all the states has cities, so you don't notice that.

I installed the new 40b18 version, and now the empty folders are no discriminated but they are sorted by the last change time.

How do I go back to sort the Task Tree in alphabetical order?

The User Tree is fine, is already sorted alphabetically.

Many thanks for your help.

Cheers,
Diego

[diegos]

Duh, on version 4 you have "Sort order in tree" for categories, there you could set Order Update or Alphabetical.

Cheers,
Diego

[admin]

:oops:

Duh, on version 4 you have "Sort order in tree" for categories, there you could set Order Update or Alphabetical.

Cheers,
Diego

Yes, this feature has been implemented in 4.0 recently. I suggest you use it for new projects.