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Bug: Person Property Table View Sort

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#1,917 opened on Dec 3, 2021

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Description

Steps to reproduce the behavior

  1. Go to table view
  2. Ensure there is a person property
  3. Sort by person property
  4. Person property does not sort properly no matter if you set it to ascending or descending

Expected behavior

Person property is sorted in alphabetical order

Screenshots

Sort Descending Sort Ascending

Edition and Platform

  • Edition: Mattermost plugin
  • Version: v0.11.0 RC
  • Browser and OS: Chrome Version 96.0.4664.55 on MacOS Monterey v12.0.1

Contributor guide

Tech stack
typescriptreact
Domain
frontend
Issue type
bug
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
TypeScript basicsReact basics
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
65
Research direction
The issue describes a bug where sorting by a person property in the table view does not order alphabetically. The fix likely requires examining the sorting function used for table columns. Look in the frontend source code, particularly in components related to the table view and property sorting. Identify where person properties are handled and ensure they are sorted similarly to other text properties. There are no comments or linked PRs, so a developer should first reproduce the issue and then trace the sorting logic.