[horde] Sort names in shared address books

Dominik Erdmann horde_mailing at der-domi.de
Wed Oct 30 20:15:16 UTC 2013



Am 28.10.2013 11:15, schrieb Jan Schneider:

>>> I completely lost you what is working for who in which situation and
>>> what not.
>>
>> I tried a few things and now - by accident - I found out how to
>> reproduce the behavior.
>>
>> - It is best to log in with a new user/account to Horde.
>> - Create some contacts or import the attached file.
>> - Open the "New Message" window and choose a recipient from the address
>>   book. You see that the name are unsorted. Each "Select the format
>>   used to sort names" option from the preferences will be ignored. The
>>   names are sorted by "Lastname, Firstname". (see Pic1.jpg)
>> - Open the address book and click on the header "Name" to sort the
>>   contacts.
>> - If you now choose an email address for a new message from the address
>>   book the names are sorted by the selected option from the preferences.
>>   (see Pic2.jpg)
>>
>>
>> Summary: First you have to sort the names in the Turba-module to use
>> the correct sort-option. That's not what I expect.
>> Now the question: Does make it sense to open a new bug report to
>> clarify if this behavior is a bug or a feature?
>
> Counter question: what else should it use to sort names if not the sort
> preference from Turba?

That's the point. The "Preferences => Address Book => Name Format" 
settings are ignored. Only if I click on the header of the list are the 
names sorted.
The best is to try the instruction out to reproduce it.

Dominik


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