[DrJava] [ drjava-Feature Requests-1257781 ] Sort files by "Type"

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Feature Requests item #1257781, was opened at 2005-08-12 11:04
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Category: User interface
Group: None
Status: Open
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Dan Smith (dlsmith)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Sort files by "Type"

Initial Comment:
Files, whether in normal or project mode, are sorted alphabetically.  
It would often be easier to find files if they were logically grouped 
according to the type of the class defined in each.  While a 
heavyweight approach could be used, a simple method to achieve 
pretty good results would be to break the filenames into words 
(based on case) and sort according to those words, starting with 
the last word and moving backwards.  For example, the following 
hierarchy:

Fish
|--DefaultFish
|--FastFish
|--|--BlueFastFish
|--|--RedFastFish
|--CustomFish

Would alphabetically be sorted like this:
BlueFastFish.java
CustomFish.java
DefaultFish.java
FastFish.java
Fish.java
RedFastFish.java

But, under the type-sorting scheme, would be sorted like this:
Fish.java ("fish")
CustomFish.java ("fish custom")
DefaultFish.java ("fish default")
FastFish.java ("fish fast")
BlueFastFish.java ("fish fast blue")
RedFastFish.java ("fish fast red")

I'd like to see this kind of sorting as a user option.  (It's possible 
that the scheme would too often lead to apparently random 
sorting, depending on the kinds of names that are used.  I think I 
generally follow a naming scheme that would sort well, though.  
The java.io package would also be nicely organized; the java.lang 
package wouldn't.)


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