Bug 414819

Summary:	Allow manual sort when searching
Product:	[Applications] Discover	Reporter:	postix <postix>
Component:	discover	Assignee:	Dan Leinir Turthra Jensen <leinir>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	aleixpol, nate, postix
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.17.4
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description postix 2019-12-04 12:06:15 UTC

When you click on a category, a sort combobox appears on the top right.
When you search for an app, it is not possible to sort the search result manually. 
You have to live with the defined order (Bug 399502).

Therefore, to make the search more efficient, I propose to also display the sort button when searching.

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2019-12-05 16:33:35 UTC

What do you mean by "sort manually"? This generally means allowing the user to -re-arrange the items, which does not make sense for search results.

Comment 2 postix 2019-12-05 16:37:54 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> What do you mean by "sort manually"? This generally means allowing the user
> to -re-arrange the items, which does not make sense for search results.

Correct, but why does it not make sense for search results from your point of view?
If I search for "TeX", I may want the search result to be in an alphabetic order or the package with biggest size at the top. :)

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2019-12-05 16:59:30 UTC

I don't think I understand you. Can you precisely define what you mean by "Manual sort?"

Comment 4 postix 2019-12-05 17:06:04 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3)
> I don't think I understand you. Can you precisely define what you mean by
> "Manual sort?"

Let me try to explain it again (sorry English is not my first language):

The current order of a search result looks pretty random. 
Without looking into the code, I guess it is ordered by relevance (by whatever way this number is calculated).

With "manually sorting", which is likely the wrong term here, I mean to be able to sort in a different way; a way the user defines by choosing from a list of possible sort orders (alphabetically, size, etc.).

Is that clearer to you now? :)

Comment 5 Nate Graham 2019-12-05 19:54:47 UTC

I see, so you want to be able to change the sort ordering of search results. Me too. :) That's tracked by Bug 399502.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 399502 ***