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Common Base list of settings should have alphabetical order

Open GitHubinatrix opened this issue 2 years ago • 2 comments

Every entry under the

Appearance > Customize Schemes...

is listed alphabetically - with the exception of Common Base which is at the very top of this list

But would it not be more readable if sub-entries in Common Base [like e.g.-Caret and Hyperlink Hotspots] were listed also in alphabetical order? Why force user to read potentially half the entries, when a user could just with a glance be with his focus [around letter C or H in my examples]. And the fact that window with Settings is not adjustable forces a user to waste even more time, in order to scroll down the whole sub-list when looking for some vaguely remembered feature

GitHubinatrix avatar Mar 04 '23 16:03 GitHubinatrix

The Common Base / 2nd Common Base schemes (and recently, the Text Files scheme) are at the top of the list because they are top-tier schemes that other schemes inherit settings from (except for the Text Files scheme). I believe that's why they are at the top of the list.

I am not sure of the history behind the ordering of the subschemes, but agree in principle that ordering them alphabetically might make more sense - particularly in light of the ability to type the first character of the subscheme name to jump to that character in the list.

NB: it's Appearance -> Customize Schemes..., i.e. not under the Settings menu.

craigo- avatar Mar 05 '23 04:03 craigo-

Come to think of it: why are every sub-entries in non-alphabetical order? What is the logic of having Comment in AHK at its top, while Continuation in it is penultimate and Build-in-Variables is proceeding it?

Common Base at the very top has sense- but the rest?

NB: it's Appearance -> Customize Schemes..., i.e. not under the Settings menu.

I have just corrected that

GitHubinatrix avatar Mar 05 '23 11:03 GitHubinatrix