[turba] Turba 4alpha1 and display listing.

[Simon Brereton]

On 11 July 2012 14:19, Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org> wrote:
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> Quoting Simon Brereton <simon.buongiorno at gmail.com>:
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>> On 11 July 2012 13:43, Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org> wrote:
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>>>
>>> Quoting Simon Brereton <simon.buongiorno at gmail.com>:
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>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to request a feature or get a hint on how to make the change
>>>> (but I think for obvious reasons it should be a setting).
>>>>
>>>> Back in the day when server and client RAM were limited, I can see the
>>>> sense in limiting the Address Book Listing to alphabetical.  However,
>>>> for users with smaller address books, the ability to have all selected
>>>> by default (instead of starting at A) would be nice.  Otherwise, every
>>>> time you go to the address book you have to make one extra click to
>>>> see multiple users at once (say Charles and David).
>>>>
>>>> Would this be possible to implement, or is there a function I can
>>>> change in the code?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This has been a pref in Turba since Horde 3. It's under Display
>>> preferences.
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>>
>> Where?  I have:
>>
>> View to display by default:
>> --> This is limited to Address Book Listing or Search
>> Maximum number of pages
>> --> Set to 200
>> Number of items per page
>> --> Set to 50
>>
>> And still every time I go to Turba, I only see the 14 contacts I have
>> listed under A.  A is the only link in the list not clickable and I
>> have to click All to see All.
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>
> Probably because you have more than 50 contacts.


But less than 14 of them begin with A.  Given the options and the
defaults, I would expect the first 50 contacts to be shown - whether
that's A-C or A-Z, so with all due respect, some additional wording
may be needed.

But you're right, changing that to more than the number of the
contacts in the address book does indeed show all.  But for any value
less than the total address book it limits to A only.  That's not
clear from those values or variable descriptions.  Because it's only
number of items per page if the total number of items is less than the
added value.

Finally, let's say I set this to 200 (the average non-corporate
address-book).  User has all his/her contacts displaying for years and
years and years.  One day, because of a sync error or just because
they reach 201, bam, they are back to just 3 contacts listed under A
and I'm getting phone calls and emails asking why it's "broken"..

I totally agree that you need a number of items per page preference
but that value surely has to be actually respected.  If I see A-F and
there's about 50 contact entries, I can equate it to that value.  If I
see 14, all listed under A, I most surely cannot.


>> I would love for this display preference to have a tick box that says
>> Display All  or a drop down that allows you to choose all (or any
>> letter) as your starting list.
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>
> This point has been discussed numerous times on the mailing list.

I've been on the mailing list for 2 years, and I don't recall it - sorry.

Simon