Alphabetically sort filter options in overview #4628

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opened 2025-12-29 18:38:27 +01:00 by adam · 2 comments
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Originally created by @soer7022 on GitHub (Mar 8, 2021).

Proposed Functionality

Currently the filters on the device page aren't sorted by anything:

This makes it difficult to quickly find the desired filter. I propose that these be sorted alphabetically to make it easier to find the correct filter

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adam closed this issue 2025-12-29 18:38:27 +01:00
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@DanSheps commented on GitHub (Mar 8, 2021):

The filters are actually sorted by logical hierarchy. For example:

Region
-> Site
--> Rack Group
---> Rack
Status
Role
etc

@DanSheps commented on GitHub (Mar 8, 2021): The filters are actually sorted by logical hierarchy. For example: Region -> Site --> Rack Group ---> Rack Status Role etc
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@soer7022 commented on GitHub (Mar 9, 2021):

@jeremystretch
I'd say an alphabetical sorting would make way more sense here.
When I want to look for a device with a specific status, it's way more intuitive to scroll to S than to think; "Hmmm which logical position would status be in compared to the other fields"

This is also feedback we've had from multiple of our network engineers who use these filters multiple times a day everyday, and they dont find them intuitive.

@soer7022 commented on GitHub (Mar 9, 2021): @jeremystretch I'd say an alphabetical sorting would make way more sense here. When I want to look for a device with a specific status, it's way more intuitive to scroll to S than to think; "Hmmm which logical position would status be in compared to the other fields" This is also feedback we've had from multiple of our network engineers who use these filters multiple times a day everyday, and they dont find them intuitive.
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Reference: starred/netbox#4628