Re: tabulated-list sort icon is reversed

[Joost Kremers <joostkremers@fastmail.fm>]

On Tue, Jul 31 2018, Drew Adams wrote:
> I thought this discussion had pointed out that for some people 
> the icon orientation reflects (and should reflect) the new sort 
> direction you will get, whereas for others the icon orientation 
> should reflect the current sort direction.

My understanding of the discussion is that for some, a downward 
pointing triangle indicates an ascending sort order, while for 
others it indicates a descending sort order.

The idea that the icon is a button that indicates what happens 
when you click it has also been mentioned, but since it's only the 
sorted column that has such an indicator, this seems unlikely. 
(There are systems such as at <http://wals.info/feature>, which 
have two greyed-out triangles indicating that you can sort a 
column, and one single triangle for the sorted column. For me, 
that sorted column triangle points in the wrong direction, BTW...)



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