Your Layers page: sort by name instead of number

[ninetydegrees]

Title:
Your Layers page: sort by name instead of number

Area:
styles, customization

Summary:
On http://www.dreamwidth.org/customize/advanced/layers sort layers by name instead of number.

Description:
When you have a lot of layers, it's hell to find the one you're looking for because they're not sorted alphabetically.
To give you an example, Tabula Rasa is #47 and Modish is #113. Guess which one is first in the layer table? Please save me from carpal tunnel syndrome... ;)

ETA: per turlough's suggestion: also bold the current active layer(s) as on the styles page.

Poll #3235 Your Layers page: sort by name instead of number

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 36

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Should be implemented as-is.
19 (52.8%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
2 (5.6%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
0 (0.0%)

(I have no opinion)
14 (38.9%)

(Other: please comment)
1 (2.8%)

Comments

[turlough]

I actually like the way they're sorted now, but then I almost never reuse a layer. I just keep the old ones uploaded for archival purposes so the current layer is almost always the one at the bottom. If this change were implemented I would definitely want the currently active layer(s) to be offset in some way, preferably through bolded text like the styles are. Otherwise it will be very time consuming finding the current one when you need to change something. And if this page is going to be changed in some way I would very much like for the table borders to be removed. Since you can't use padding on site scheme pages those borders just make everything look squeezed together.

[ninetydegrees]

I actually like the way they're sorted now, but then I almost never reuse a layer. I just keep the old ones uploaded for archival purposes so the current layer is almost always the one at the bottom.

That's because you're always using the same layout, right?

If this change were implemented I would definitely want the currently active layer(s) to be offset in some way, preferably through bolded text like the styles are. Otherwise it will be very time consuming finding the current one when you need to change something. And if this page is going to be changed in some way I would very much like for the table borders to be removed. Since you can't use padding on site scheme pages those borders just make everything look squeezed together.

Definitely. I've made it a separate suggestion, though: http://dw-suggestions.dreamwidth.org/346474.html. I will add the bit about bolding the current active layer(s). Actually, I thought it would be awesome to have the tree indicates whether the layer is in use in a style and which one but I'll suggest this later on, if the tree one is implemented.

[turlough]

Nope, I change layout every three months or so, but it's almost always for a completely new one.

Yeah, I didn't notice that suggestion until I'd answered this one.

[ninetydegrees]

Then how come it's at the bottom? Don't you have the layers sorted by layout as well? Unless I'm misunderstanding what you mean by bottom.

No problem. Thanks for the input.

[turlough]

Oh, no, it is at the bottom because I never change the style, just the layout. I've used the same layout (LJ's Flexible Squares heavily modified) since 2005. I would like to make it native to DW but I don't have the skill myself and don't know anyone who has. And none of DW's styles will work as a base either because they all have elements I absolutely detest and can't seem to be able to get rid of no matter how I try. (The backwards/forwards link both at top and bottom on the circle page for example, hate it! Those links belong at the bottom of the page, nowhere else :-)

[ninetydegrees]

Oh all right. I say layout and you say style: to me FS's the layout; that's why I got confused. :)

Hmm. FS isn't a GPL layout. I believe it can't be used on other sites unless LJ's license is non-exclusive and FS's author would be willing to license it to DW.

You can actually easily hide the top navigation links. This should work:
.navigation.topnav {
display: none;
}

[denise]

To be clear, it's just that DW can't use it as a system style. individuals can make their own choices about whether or not they feel comfortable doing so!

Drama Avoided!

[ninetydegrees]

Oh, of course. Thanks for adding this!

[turlough]

No it isn't and it makes me very sad because I love that style so much. I don't know if it's exclusive to LJ, maybe I should PM yati and find out. It would be cool if it could be ported here. It's a pretty popular style I know.

Thank you!! Maybe this will give me the impetus to once again try to tweak Drifting into something passable.

[cesy]

I want them to continue to sort by number within each style, but sorting the styles by name rather than number makes sense, yes.