Hi,
I'd like to ask why in the GUI main window the sorting "arrows" in the
columns are only shown after the user has already sorted stuff. I
understand that the arrow gives an indication of the current sorting
criterion (which column, and up or down); as shown in the attached
screenshot arrow.png, after I have clicked on the Description column
("Beschreibung" in German).
However, when I start up gretl and open a datafile, no such sorting
indication is shown initially, see screenshot noarrows.png. I would
argue that because of that for unexperienced users it's not so clear
that sorting in the GUI list is possible. And there _is_ a default
sorting order applied, namely by ID#. -- Actually, it turns out that the
arrow is only shown in the ID column if the sorting is reversed, not by
default. I guess it's not a bug but intended, but I'd like to suggest to
always show such an arrow.
thanks
sven
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