Feature Request: Organize Projects when Adding Tasks

[avcourt]

Description:

It would be extremely helpful to have an option to organize projects when adding a task. Currently, the projects seem to appear in the order they were created, with no option of sorting this list. Perhaps this can be configured in some other manner I have yet to find.

Proposed Feature:

Provide sorting options for projects when adding tasks, such as:

• Alphabetical order
• Last added
• Last updated/used

Use Case:

For users managing multiple projects, having the ability to organize the list of projects would significantly improve workflow efficiency. Instead of scrolling through a long, unsorted list, users could find their desired project quickly, improving overall productivity.

Possible Implementation:

• Add a dropdown or setting that allows users to choose how they want to sort their projects (alphabetical, by last added, or last used).
• Alternatively, remember the last project used for a task and auto-select it for subsequent tasks.

Notes

• Let me know if this format is okay.
• I did search for open requests and could not find one that aligns this one. Hope I didn't miss one. I am loving this tool.

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[johannesjo]

I also would like to see this. We could add it to the project context menu (and move project hide and show to a sub menu). We probably should also provide the same option for tags.

[Sinon11901]

I would like to work on this issue. Can you asign this to me?

[dantep77]

I would like to work on this feature, can someone help me on how to do this?

[johannesjo]

I am assigning this to @Sinon11901 since he asked first. I hope that is alright @dantep77 !?

[Sinon11901]

Feel free to asign it to @dantep77.

[johannesjo]

@dantep77 you probably want to check the SideNavComponent to get started. Let me know if you have any more questions.

[dantep77]

Ok thank you! I'll get started on this and let you know if I have any questions

[dantep77]

Hey so I moved the project visibility to a submenu and created a submenu for sorting the projects. I have a couple questions. Where should i write the function to sort the projects and how should i access the list of projects? This is my first contribution so thank you for your help!

[johannesjo]

Where should i write the function to sort the projects and how should i access the list of projects?

Maybe you can create a separate file for it? That would make testing it easier :)

Resorting the projects is best done via a new action (in the project.actions.ts wired to the project.reducer.ts. For persistence you also need to add this action to syncProjectToLs$ inside the project.effect.ts. You can trigger the action via this._store$.dispatch(actionName()).

For understanding this better, it's probably best to look around the code and try to understand what is happening.