[FEATURE] Author names in list: without comma and sorted by last_name

[clivebeckett]

• showing the author names as “first_name last_name” (without comma) in the list module table as well as in the Publication form, section “Relations”
• sorting the table by clicking the column header now sorts by last_name (which was the default sorting anyway)

That’s a tiny change that I found useful. I’ve tested in T3 9LTS but it should work in earlier versions as well.

[einpraegsam]

@kfumy What do you think about the change? Is it useful for the community?

[kfumy]

@einpraegsam is it only for the Backendlist or is it then another view in the FE?

[pmbittner]

I was actually confused by the comma in the author names. So my name would be displayed as "Paul, Bittner" which is unusual to me. I actually, wrongly thought I had messed up the bibtex import such that forename and surname are swapped. So I appreciate the change in this pull request if I understood it correctly.

[clivebeckett]

@einpraegsam is it only for the Backendlist or is it then another view in the FE?

Sorry I never saw this question. This change is only backend related. The way it’s being displayed in the FE would be managed in the Fluid Templates and is thus flexible anyway.

[einpraegsam]

@kfumy This is related to the view in the backend. I guess mainly the listview of the records.

[mschwemer]

I understand, that it is unusual to have a first name in the first column and seperated with a , ...

I think, it's also unusual to scan an author list by first name. In most cases I would scan for the last name of an author and not for the first name.

So I would suggest to change:

        'label' => 'first_name',
        'label_alt' => 'last_name',

to

        'label' => 'last_name',
        'label_alt' => 'first_name',

Then the comma is ok and not unusual any more. Additionally it enhances the usability for editors ... and less code to maintain

What do you think?

@clivebeckett @pmbittner @kfumy

[mschwemer]

Just switched last and firstname in the tca definition commit 088ba4abfa74c4fc6a3c3154ea5e05aefc593edb