Column sorting arrows are opposite of actual sorting behavior

[wphampton]

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Problem Description

Column sorting arrows are backward or opposite of actual sort behavior.

Expected Behavior

I pull up a list (container, services, stacks) and click the column heading, then the sort arrow should be facing up and the column should be sorted in ascending order, A to Z. I click it again and it should sort in descending order Z - A and the arrow should face down.

Actual Behavior

When lists are sorted in descending order, the arrow currently points upward (incorrect). When lists are sorted in ascending order the arrow currently points downward (incorrect).

Steps to Reproduce

1. Click on Containers (or Services, or Stacks...etc)
2. Click the "Name" column
3. Notice that it sorted in descending order (Z-A) but the arrow faces upward.

Portainer logs or screenshots

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Portainer version

2.26.0

Portainer Edition

Community Edition (CE)

Platform and Version

Docker Swarm

OS and Architecture

RHEL 9

Browser

Chrome

What command did you use to deploy Portainer?

docker stack deploy -c my-compose-file.yml portainer

Additional Information

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[Nick-Portainer]

Hi @wphampton We don't believe this is incorrect but I am going to change this to a discussion to get wider feedback from the community

[wphampton]

Thanks for the consideration. Here are a few big systems I think serve as standard convention on this:

• MS Windows file explorer columns show an up arrow for ascending (A-Z) and a down arrow for descending (Z-A).
  

• GitHub Issues sort with Newest (down arrow)/Oldest (up arrow)
  

• Google Drive uses up arrows for ascending and down for descending.
  

[wphampton]

In addition to three examples above...

DBeaver

AG Grid https://www.ag-grid.com/example/

DataTables https://datatables.net/

[wphampton]

I'd love to know others' opinions on this -- to be honest I just thought this was fairly well established and understood and I don't know what the counterpoints even are. Ascending by definition is to move upward (up arrow), descending is move downward (down arrow). Thanks! -Wes

[merrymab]

I saw this issues as well definitely sorting wrong way according to the arrow.

[wphampton]

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft SharePoint

[wphampton]

Mac OS
Example taken from: https://osxdaily.com/2017/04/20/sort-files-by-date-mac/

[wphampton]

Here's a response from ChatGPT affirming that up arrows should be for ascending and down arrows for descending.