Title sorting is not exactly "alphabetical"...

signe
signe
Community Member
edited September 2014 in 1Password 4 for Windows

Reproduction:

Create a new database:

Add entry titled: E-r

Add entry titled: Etr

Ensure that the DB is sorted by Title Descending

Notice: Items are sorted as expected, with the "-" entry at the top of the list.

Add entry titled: "Eqr"

Notice: Confused now? Your list looks like this:

Eqr

E-r

Etr

The "-" should always be sorted at the top, or the bottom. (For parity with 1P Apple devices, top...)

Comments

  • DBrown
    DBrown
    1Password Alumni
    edited September 2014

    Have you "refreshed" the view (either by changing the sort order and then switching back or by selecting a different category and then switching back)?

    Never mind. I've reproduced the problem:

    ...and neither of my suggestions solves the problem, which I'll report to Dev.

    Thanks for pointing this out, @signe!

  • DBrown
    DBrown
    1Password Alumni
    edited September 2014

    1Password (quite appropriately, in my opinion) depends on a built-in system sort routine that accounts for your preferred locale settings, and that routine is designed to follow recognized international standards.

    While I agree that it's non-intuitive, it turns out that the Unicode Consortium considers that hyphen to be an ignorable character, so the sort order is actually correct in its eyes:

    Eqr

    Er

    Etr

    The same document linked above also mentions allowance for customization of the sort algorithm, which may be something we can consider in a future version.

    In the meantime, we apologize for the inconvenience.

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