sort results in search & info

[job]

is it possible to (by default) sort the results in the search window or the info window when you click a node? For some PMs it might make sense to sort the search results on name, or on in-degree, right now it is all random it seems. I'd prefer by default an alpabetic/numeric sort on the name of the node

[job]

I added sorting for my instance, in src/galaxy/windows/windowView.jsx I added this function:

// sorting function for sorting by value of object in object
function sort_object_of_objects(data, attr) {
    var arr = [];
    for (var prop in data) {
        if (data.hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
            var obj = {};
            obj[prop] = data[prop];
            obj.tempSortName = data[prop][attr].toLowerCase();
            arr.push(obj);
        }
    }

    arr.sort(function(a, b) {
        var at = a.tempSortName,
            bt = b.tempSortName;
        at = at.split(' ', 1)[0].slice(2);
        bt = bt.split(' ', 1)[0].slice(2);
        return at - bt;
    });

    var result = [];
    for (var i=0, l=arr.length; i<l; i++) {
        var obj = arr[i];
        delete obj.tempSortName;
        for (var prop in obj) {
            if (obj.hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
                var id = prop;
            }
        }
        var item = obj[id];
        result.push(item);
    }
    return result;
}

And later on in function windowView(x) call like this:

var items = sort_object_of_objects(windowViewModel.list, 'name');

Not generic, but works for me ;-)

[anvaka]

I see a lot of value in this, but it comes at cost of O(n * lg n) on each keystroke.

I'll add sorting as well, and will let users opt in for it. E.g. window title could provide a combobox which allows users to select by name, by in-degree or out-degree.