When birthdate for at least one child not set at a level, please preserve original webtrees order.

[zeezhao]

Describe the bug When birthdates not set, children at a particular level/tree appear to be sorted randomly.

To Reproduce In a branch where at least one child does not have birthdate set, order of children is random instead of original webtrees order.

Expected behavior When birthdate for at least one child not set at a level, please preserve original webtrees order.

[magicsunday]

Have you tried version 1.5.1? If so, could you please provide me with a GEDCOM example so that I can understand the problem more easily?

[zeezhao]

Yes I have tried v1.5.1. It is the same issue as in previous versions 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.5.0.

Unfortunately, I can not provide the GEDCOM file as it is has over 500 individuals and I will have to get permission to export it.

But using my example from #39, when all the children C1, C2, C3, C4 have birthdate set, the sorting by date works as expected.

But :

• if at least one of the children is not set, OR
• when the birthdate is hidden due to privacy via "Control panel/Manage family trees/Privacy" menu then "Privacy restrictions" section, I have an entry "

All records	Birth	Hide from everyone

• then the children appear random instead of the fixed webtree order.

edit: In this scenario, they appear to be ordered by death date , when this should not be a factor at all.

[magicsunday]

Could you please check, if https://github.com/magicsunday/webtrees-descendants-chart/commit/e88728625d3a9e6fa3c74fbef26e2e25fbcae66b fixes your problem?

[zeezhao]

Thank you - this seems to work! I will do more testing to confirm.

[zeezhao]

This looks fine now. Thank you for your swift response and hard work!