[6.1] Changed the ordering of the Sorting and added missed filter options in frontend

[Dileepadari]

Pull Request for Issue #37841 .

Summary of Changes

• Aligned filter options in the article modal for both frontend and backend.
• Aligned the sorting filter by arranging options in same order for both frontend and backend.

Testing Instructions

1. Navigate to: your.domain/index.php?option=com_content&view=form&layout=edit
2. Select Article as the Menu Item Type (default is CMS content).
3. A modal window with articles will open.
4. New filters Featured and Stage (visible only when workflows are enabled for articles) are now available.
5. Apply different filters and verify that the content updates accordingly.

Actual result BEFORE applying this Pull Request

• Filter options were inconsistent between the backend and frontend.
  

• Sorting options in frontend were ordered differently from backend.
  

Expected result AFTER applying this Pull Request

• Filter options are now consistent between the backend and frontend.
  

• Sorting options are consistent over both frontend and backend.
  

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[Dileepadari]

This is continuous pr for 45106 to solve the issue #37841 .

[ghost]

I have tested this item ✅ successfully on 2177a03

Without PR

Backend	Frontend

With PR

Backend	Frontend

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[brianteeman]

Sorting in alphabetical order is completely pointless as it only works if the language is english. As soon as you switch to use another language the order is completely meaningless. That is why the order currently matches the column order. It wasnt just a random act.

[brianteeman]

I have tested this item 🔴 unsuccessfully on 2177a03

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[Rohit-rk07]

@fgsw @brianteeman Could anyone please clarify the stage filter issue .why it isnt visible in backend

[brianteeman]

it is only visible when you have enabled workflows

[Dileepadari]

@brianteeman Thanks for providing info about the sorting order, I have reverted back to previous order but changed some order to align frontend with backend. Could you please let me know if there is a reason to not having sort by rating and published in frontend whereas it is present in backend. Thank you

[brianteeman]

If the item you are sorting by is not displayed is there any point in that sort order as you can't see the results

[Dileepadari]

But the item like Date modified will be useful when they want to access recently modified items. I added it in the frontend, Should I remove that too?

[HLeithner]

This pull request has been automatically rebased to 6.0-dev.

[HLeithner]

This pull request has been automatically rebased to 6.1-dev.

[drankwiler]

Filter options are consistent, alphabetical order is reversed.

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[Dileepadari]

Filter options are consistent, alphabetical order is reversed.
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Hi @drankwiler , Thanks for testing the pr, could you please let me know which alphabetical order you are talking about, is it for Filter or Sorting? Thank you

[idefax]

I have tested this item 🔴 unsuccessfully on 9f0ef57

Filter options are now consistent, but sorting order is reversed (Z to A).

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[Dileepadari]

I have tested this item 🔴 unsuccessfully on 9f0ef57Filter options are now consistent, but sorting order is reversed (Z to A).
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Hi @idefax , Thanks for testing the pull request, could you please let me know which alphabetical order you are talking about, is it for Filter or Sorting? Thank you

[idefax]

Hi @Dileepadari

I'm talking about the content of the drop down menus. I understood the case the way, that there entries are supposed to be sorted A to Z. Or did I missunderstand this?

[drankwiler]

Hi @Dileepadari, I'm talking about the order inside the filters. For example, in the "Select featured" dropdown, "Unfeatured" comes before "Featured".

[Dileepadari]

Hi @Dileepadari, I'm talking about the order inside the filters. For example, in the "Select featured" dropdown, "Unfeatured" comes before "Featured".

But it was same in the backend too. Should I change in both places. What would you suggest?

[drankwiler]

@Dileepadari Hm… i would say, it would be more intuitive to have the order A-Z instead of Z–A. What do you and @idefax think?

[Dileepadari]

@Dileepadari Hm… i would say, it would be more intuitive to have the order A-Z instead of Z–A. What do you and @idefax think?

Yeah I thought that first, but brianteeman raised a valid point that the whole point of sorting makes no sense when the language got changed. So we can leave it as it is.

[idefax]

@drankwiler @Dileepadari yeah, I prefer A to Z as well. But I don't quite understand the point of sorting regarding other languages. A to Z works in all latin languages. Or am I missing something here?

[drankwiler]

Yeah I thought that first, but brianteeman raised a valid point that the whole point of sorting makes no sense when the language got changed. So we can leave it as it is.

Okay, then should we mark this patch as tested successfully?

[Dileepadari]

Yeah I thought that first, but brianteeman raised a valid point that the whole point of sorting makes no sense when the language got changed. So we can leave it as it is.

Okay, then should we mark this patch as tested successfully?

Sorry, Previously it was mentioned for the sort by as they are aligning to the columns in the table. Now In this case, as they are not in any type of order, we can go with alphabetical, I'll make them alphabetical in both frontend and backend. Would that be fine? @drankwiler @idefax

[brianteeman]

Please do not change this. There is a logic to the ordering PLUS changing it to alphabetical will only change it in English and not any of the 60+ languages that joomla is available in.

[drankwiler]

@brianteeman @Dileepadari So we mark this patch as tested sucessfully, right?