Change the order of radio buttons or checkboxes
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Description
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When I create choice columns and select radio buttons (single choice) or checkboxes (multiple choice), I add new choice entries as I go along, because I don't necessarily know all the choices and contexts and categories in advance. The problem is that the choice lists become a real mess, which I can't change if lines (or even lots of lines) have already been entered.
Note: A hard-coded alphabetical classification would not be a solution at all.
Typical example scenario :
I add new choices as I fill the table. At first, I have :
- Alpha
- Charly
- N/A
... then I realize I need to add “Delta”, which gives me the following list:
- Alpha
- Charly
- N/A
- Delta
... then I need to add the “Others” option, which gives me the following list:
- Alpha
- Charly
- N/A
- Delta
- Others
... finally, I realize that I want to add “Bravo”, which gives me the following list:
- Alpha
- Charly
- N/A
- Delta
- Others
- Bravo
This list is clearly not clean and easy to use; with a possibility to change the order (manually, just like you can change the order of columns in views), I could get this much better list (easier to browse and therefore, a faster choice(s) to make when entering new rows) :
- Alpha
- Bravo
- Charly
- Delta
- Others
- N/A
Describe the solution you'd like
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Describe alternatives you've considered
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Research direction
No files or tests are identified in the issue. Start by locating the choice-column editor and the existing view-column reordering entry point, then trace how choice options are stored and rendered. Done means users can manually reorder radio-button and checkbox options without changing existing entries.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100