Sort drag and drop

#1

Hi,

i was was wondering , is there a way to sort a dragable list using the “list tagged draggable macro” and retain the sort order whilst keeping the drag and drop working

so in this example https://tiddlywiki.com/#TaskManagementExample%20(Draggable)

you start with this order

1-Make the beds
2-Get the Ring
3-Kill the Dragon
4-Compose ballad

sort
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if i add a sort[]

sort2
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the order becomes

1-Compose ballad
2-Get the Ring
3-Kill the Dragon
4-Make the beds

but offcourse the list is no longer draggable as the sort[] will enforce the list to snap in alphabetical order

so now i remove the sort[] , but then the order switches back to the orignal ordering without the sort

is there a way to retain that alphabetical ordering ?

i want to have a button , to sort the entries , but still allows to move things around if i want to, so its like a one time sort thing, not a persistent sort

hope this makes sense

thank you

#2

You need to save the resulting list back to the field to make it permanet but consider if you need to, you can always sort it again.

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#3

Thanks tones,

sorry save it to which field?

#4

After drag & drop sorting the tag-tiddler should have a list field, that contains the sort order.
It will be updated by the d&d operation
-m

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#5

Thank you found it :slight_smile:

#6

sorry to come , back , but apparently the List field only stores the list order, modifying the field does not change the list order , like its a one way realtionship

my idea was to store the order after the sorting i like ,then set the field to that order after removing the sort

is their another way of controlling the order of a drag&drop list?

Edit : ok i take that back sorry :frowning: it does , the problem is that sorting the drag&drop list does not reflect in the tagged tiddlers list field , hence any sorting i am doing is useless becuase i cant store/recall it

and so i guess i am back to my original question , is there a way to sort a Drag&drop list ?

#7

It’s a bit tricky. Let’s say we have 3 tiddlers tagged: a – The code may look like this:

The important function is “format:titlelist” – If you search for “titlelist” here in the group you may find more interesting threads about titlelists

\procedure sortTag()
<$action-setfield 
  $tiddler=<<tag>>
  $field=list
  $value={{{ [tag<tag>enlist-input[]sort[]format:titlelist[]join[ ]] }}}
/>
\end

\procedure sortByTag(tag)
  <$button actions=<<sortTag>>>Sort</$button>
\end 

<<sortByTag a>>

<<list-tagged-draggable tag:"a">>

sortByTag-macro.json (3.8 KB)

have fun!
mario

#8

thank you ,

I got it now , thank you for your help