kraibse/obsidian-table-sorting

Column hierarchy breaks when adding new columns after sorting

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#28 opened on Aug 30, 2024

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I have a 3 column table. I want to sort on the 3rd column and then the 1st. I click in the 3rd column and select it. The application indicates that the column I selected is column 1, the first column, not the 3rd. Now I cannot select the 1st column. Clicking in any column gives me a menu that only has the option, "Deselect". This problem arose after I added columns to a table that had an existing, temporary, multicolumn sorting, then resetting the filters, because the new rows were not sorted, and trying to re-establish the previous sort order. Screenshot from 2024-08-30 15-03-03

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Inspect the column sorting logic and how column indices are updated after adding columns. Trace where the selection state is stored and reproduce the issue with a test.
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