Re: [pilot-db-list] Questions about List type

[Anne J. <ann...@al...>]

Ah, so if I understand this correctly, with 0.3.3 new list items can
be added, but only to the end of the list, and existing items can't be rearranged

In 0.3.4, additional items can be added anywhere in the list, but once
there can't be rearranged.

I can live with that, or alternatively with alphabetical sorting -
either is OK, my only real PROBLEM (the others were just questions so
I'd know where things stood) is that I get pretty funky (illogical)
sorting when I sort on a list field, since it comes out in the order
items were added to the list!  

(Just to motivate my questions, my immediate use is for a
books-to-read database, so if I sorted by author it would end up in
the order I had learned that that author's works might be interesting
& added him/her to the list, not by the author's name [alphabetically]
or my choice of where that author should fall [list order]).

I realize that this isn't commercial software with a paid development
team, and it's pretty amazing the level of commitment it's getting!  

Anne

Chalain Marc wrote:
> 
> Anne Judge wrote:
> 
> > - As far as I can see, there's no way to change the order of a list
> > once it's created - I see how to add or delete items, but added items
> > go to the end of the list.  So items are in the list in the order
> > they're put in, not the order in which I want them.  And I can't see
> > how to move existing items around in the list.  Am I missing something?
> 
> Yes you missed something. When you are in the database structure on the left of each field there is an arrow. When you hit it a list box appear with the "properties" menu. Select it and you will see the "properties box" with the access of the list items. In the next version when you select an item and hit the new button, the new item will be added just before the current item selected.