Home list view activities date sorting should be reversed (new at top, old at bottom)

[garycmartin]

In the Home list view, activities are currently date sorted with the oldest at top, and newest at bottom. This order should be reversed so that list view uses the same order metaphor as the Journal with newest objects at the top, and oldest objects at the bottom.

[sascha_silbe]

Currently the activities list is "unsorted" by default. The fact that it's sorted chronologically is a leakage of bundle registry internals (_scan_directory(): "Sort by mtime to ensure a stable activity order").
The best place to implement the sorting is ActivitiesTreeView (using model.set_sort_column_id(...)), but GTK highlights the current sort column and I haven't found a way to prevent that yet.

[mikus]

For os295py (sugar 0.88.1), the following patch solved the problem:

  From: Jorge Saldivar <jsaldivar@paraguayeduca.org>
  ---
   src/jarabe/desktop/activitieslist.py |    2 +-
   1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

  diff --git a/src/jarabe/desktop/activitieslist.py b/src/jarabe/desktop/activitieslist.py
  index 87f2af0..546ac6f 100644
  --- a/src/jarabe/desktop/activitieslist.py
  +++ b/src/jarabe/desktop/activitieslist.py
  @@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class ListModel(gtk.TreeModelSort):
                       '<span style="italic" weight="light">%s</span>' % \
                               (activity_info.get_name(), tags)
 
  -        self._model.append([activity_info.get_bundle_id(),
  +        self._model.prepend([activity_info.get_bundle_id(),
                               favorite,
                               activity_info.get_icon(),
                               title,
  -- 

[sascha_silbe]

Replying to mikus:

For os295py (sugar 0.88.1), the following patch solved the problem:
{{{
--- a/src/jarabe/desktop/activitieslist.py
+++ b/src/jarabe/desktop/activitieslist.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class ListModel(gtk.TreeModelSort):
'<span style="italic" weight="light">%s</span>' % \
(activity_info.get_name(), tags)

- self._model.append([activity_info.get_bundle_id(),
+ self._model.prepend([activity_info.get_bundle_id(),

This is a workaround, not a fix. I'm ambivalent about whether we should apply it. It doesn't look like anyone is going to come up with a proper fix soon, so this workaround would be useful to users. OTOH once it looks OK to the user, I doubt anyone will ever fix it properly.

[mikus]

Reproduced on 0.90 XO-1 (F14) sugar 0.90.2

I have over 100 Activities installed on my systems -- that amounts to many many screens worth of Home List View. It is quite bothersome to have to scroll to the bottom of Home List View, every time I reboot, in order to reach the entries for the newest Activities (which usually are the ones I've just installed, and therefore want to test).

[Note: On occasion, on 0.90 I've even seen that the Home List View order happened to be reversed, with the newest Activities at the beginning -- but that situation has not been reproducible.]

[mikus]

FYI - system dump of F14_on_XO-1 system, just after booting (but with Home List View "oldest first")

[humitos]

Could you write down the steps to test this?

I applied the patch that you mentioned here but it still function in the same way (no order at all)

[RafaelOrtiz]

Replying to humitos:

Could you write down the steps to test this?

I applied the patch that you mentioned here but it still function in the same way (no order at all)

Did you make install after doing the change?

[humitos]

Yes, that's why I asked, because I didn't see any difference. So, maybe I'm not testing the right thing. I mean, I think that it should work in some way but maybe I'm wrong.

Could you write step by step how it should work? Where I should click and what I should expect?

Thanks,

[RafaelOrtiz]

Process is as follows.
*First go to home view and check that ordering is from old to new as seen in HomeList.png
* apply the patch.
* Make install.
* Check that new ordering is like HomeListNew.png, from new to old, thus fixing the ticket.

[sascha_silbe]

Replying to humitos:

Could you write down the steps to test this?

I applied the patch that you mentioned here but it still function in the same way (no order at all)

Did you check the Activities List View? The Activities Favourites View shouldn't be affected.

My comment still applies, BTW.

[RafaelOrtiz]

Sasha, following your comment, I think that there is no harm in applying this one, although it's workaround.

[RafaelOrtiz]

Sascha, following your comment, I think that there is no harm in applying this one, although it's workaround.