VGPS - Order of Caches

Question

In VGPS the caches can be sorted by clicking the head of the column. So they are sorted by the value in the selected column. If the values of some caches are equal - in which order they are sorted? I coundn´t find a rule (for example GC-Code or something else). Is there a random order of the caches with the same value or is there any rule?

Answer 1

As per 2010, jqGrid (the framework VGPS is using) was not supporting sorting by secondary column, therefore the sort was not guaranteed in any way in case of duplicates.

This multiSort feature was introduced in version 4.5.0 (2013), which is already used in PGC, but it was disabled by ganja1447 because it was not fulfilling his expectations. See the comment on the line 142 of the virtualgps.js:

// multiSort: true,    // Not very user friendly to reset the sort.

Comments

Ok - I see, that sorting by a secondary column is not possible. Does that mean, that the order of caches with same value in the selected column is random?

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Yes. It is somehow random. The order is not guaranteed in case of duplicates in the "first column" you sort by.

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I supposed that. Thank You. I would prefer, that caches with same value in the selected column are sorted by GC-Code.

Answer 2

If you want a specific order in your vGPS, you could use the usernotes.

And yes, the order of caches is random.

Comments

Thank You. I use the user notes and indeed they are usefull.