Hey,
Dropdowns for, for example, users have a default order for all the items available. It would be a nice quality of life improvements if we can determine the sorting method, to create a more consistent experience.
On PC its less of an issue, as you can just start typing to find something, but thats less handy on Mobile, where users are more likely to scroll, or dropdowns where users are less familiar with the choices they are given.
This is especially noticeable in Forms
You can control the default order via manual drag and drop (on any view which doesn’t have a specific filter applied).
Hi,
I was specifically talking about the order of items in a dropdown, not the location of the dropdown on the form.
This one for example starts with our Quests, as these are the last ones to be added to the database, but i might want to show items in alphabetical order instead.
That’s what I meant. If you go to a data view (e.g. table, board) that shows the entities (in this case, the Equipment entities) you can rearrange their order manually with drag and drop (provided that there is no sort already applied).
This order will then be reflected in the dropdowns in form view.
Ok, I get it now.
Still, I dont always want to manually order things, its fine for smaller databases (like users), but its a pain for bigger ones, or ones that change on a regular basis.
I would imagine that some sorting option, and definitely some filters go a long way to improve dropdown functionality, especially in forms.
Still, thank you for the suggestion, we will definitely use that for our stable databases to have a functional solution at this point in time.
