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[NorfCran <norfcran@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Japp,

thank you for asking about a general opinion. I have suggested my point of
view some time ago and it is great to see it on the list :-) It was not
clear to all and I will try to clarify it by the following illustration:

​Furthermore the realization could be following:


​
​Hope that this illustrations pointed out some of the use cases and if it
would be possible to make a plugin for this sublink based ordering it would
work fine.

All the best,
Jakub


On 17 February 2015 at 13:21, Laurent Hofer <laurenth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello :)
>
> Happy to help. Zim is so useful, it changed my life. My hairis grew back.
>
> > 1/ Do you only want custom ordering, or switch between custom and
> > alphabetical sorting ?
>
> My email web interface use a custom ordering for folders and I like it.
> However, sometimes I mess with the order and it's easier to reset and
> start over. So I guess that custom with a reset function would be
> sufficient for me. On the other hand, one can think of situations in
> which it would be nice to spot a specific page quickly by using
> alphabetical sorting. So the switch would be useful.
>
> > 2/ If so, where do you click to switch between custom ordering and
> > alphabetic ordering ? And how this switch affect sub-sections ?
>
> Maybe one could think about selecting a range of pages we want to sort
> (or reset the ordering like I suggest in 1/).
>
> > 3/ When index has custom ordering, where do new pages show up - at the
> end,
> > in the front, other position ?
>
> At the top of other pages I would say. I personaly tend to look from
> top to bottom when I sort things.
>
> > 4/ Should custom sorting depend on list of links in parent page ? (Either
> > by default or as a plugin)
>
> I can't think about an usage of this. What do you have in mind ?
>
>
> --
> Laurent Hofer
>
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