Bug 144561 - UI: add quick sort links to the right click menu for the column headers to sort a sheet based on that column.
Summary: UI: add quick sort links to the right click menu for the column headers to so...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Calc (show other bugs)
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Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
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Keywords: needsUXEval
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Reported: 2021-09-17 02:40 UTC by Pixel Stuff
Modified: 2022-03-31 08:09 UTC (History)
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Description Pixel Stuff 2021-09-17 02:40:50 UTC
Description:
Google Sheets has a handy set of menu items called "Sort sheet A to Z" and "Sort sheet Z to A" in the column menu. It makes sorting a sheet quick and easy based on the details in the related column. Can we get a similar shortcut in Calc on the column header right click menu?

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Right click on a column header in a Calc sheet.
2. Choose "Sort sheet A to Z" and "Sort sheet Z to A"
3. See the sheet rows being sorted based on the information in the column.

Actual Results:
Menu items don't exist.

Expected Results:
Expecting to see the menu items for quick sorting.


Reproducible: Didn't try


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Version: 7.1.5.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 85f04e9f809797b8199d13c421bd8a2b025d52b5
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19043; UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Roman Kuznetsov 2022-03-30 19:14:56 UTC
I don't think we need it

We have icons for sorting on the toolbar

-1 from me
Comment 2 Heiko Tietze 2022-03-31 08:09:34 UTC
Unlike other spreadsheet tools we select the column/row by clicking on the header. Wouldn't expect to sort the whole sheet if one column/row is selected but this particular one. And there are not too many situations when you need this.

But the commands .uno:SortAscending/SortDescending can be customized into the context menu and offer to either use the current selection or to expand. Works well but is not really convenient (the toolbar commands .uno:SortUp/Down always sort the whole table).

So please use the individual customization to get this interaction.