Restore Sorting Order Back to Row Number (as Typed in Initially)

  • Resolved jfbprivate

    (@jfbprivate)


    5 years ago

    While I’m aware of the possibility to use the arrows in their respective column to set the table sorting to a default order, there don’t seem to be any arrows for the row number (1, 2, 3, . . .)—the initial sorting order.

    Once having changed the sorting to a column other than the row number, I can’t see any option to simply restore it back to the order the content was typed in originally.

    I’ve found this:
    https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sort-column-by-default/

    But wouldn’t it be way more convenient and intuitive to use arrows just like for the other columns? This would be helpful and probably not too hard to implement.

    Or maybe it’s just too obvious for me to see right now . . .

    Thanks.

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  • Plugin Author TobiasBg

    (@tobiasbg)

    5 years ago

    Hi,

    thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.

    You are correct, there is currently no way to get the table back to its initial state (if that was not a sorted view of the table). However, you seem to be referring to a “row number” column. What exactly do you mean here? Can you please post a link to the page with the table where this problem happens, so that I can take a direct look? Thanks!

    Regards,
    Tobias

    Thread Starter jfbprivate

    (@jfbprivate)

    5 years ago

    That’s what I was referring to, yes. By “row number” I meant the internal numbering of the table rows. However, I’ll be able to set it back to the initial state (sorted by date in this case) with the help a hidden column. So no need to dig deeper here.

    Thanks.

    Plugin Author TobiasBg

    (@tobiasbg)

    5 years ago

    Hi,

    good to hear that you found a solution for your case!

    Best wishes,
    Tobias

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