Dear John Thanks very much. This is the perfect (minimal) solution that I need right now.
I am looking forward to your work on pairs of data. It sounds like it will be exceptionally useful for us. Thanks again and best wishes Ulf On 18/12/13 14:29, John Chilton wrote: > Couple things... > > I just pushed a commit to galaxy-central to sort those files by > default - that is a clear improvement: > > https://bitbucket.org/galaxy/galaxy-central/commits/ce186eb5fefcb7ff332c73bd0869b9e222293d0b > > Clearly not enough though - it would be nice to have for more advanced > sorting options though so I have created a Trello card - > > https://trello.com/c/0hgUrW4H > > If you really wanted to dig into this there are many files that may be > relevant - > > templates/embed_base.mako > lib/galaxy/web/form_builder.py > lib/galaxy/tools/parameters/basic.py > lib/galaxy/web/framework/helpers/grids.py > > Hopefully this helps. > > Also just as a heads up, coming from a different direction me and > Martin are actively working building abstractions for pairs of data > and that will have to include a nice UI for building these pairs - our > plan is to start with library imports but we will try to architect the > creation widget to be able to target history items as well. This would > largely negate the need to import them in any particular order. > > This will likely not be in the next release, but hopefully the > following one (I can build pairs via the API now, but I want to be > able to do useful stuff with them before committing :) ). > > -John > > On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 2:37 AM, Ulf Schaefer <ulf.schae...@phe.gov.uk> wrote: >> Dear John, dear Curtis, and all >> >> all that is required to fix my current issue is that the files show up >> in the 'Upload File' tool form in alphabetical order. >> >> I assume that at some point an 'ls' command is done on the users' ftp >> home folder. The result of that could possibly be stored in a hash of >> some sort, which could explain why the order is randomised when the >> files come back out to go on the form. But I might be wrong. >> >> Of course a better but more involved solution would be if the 'Files >> uploaded via FTP' table was sortable, e.g. by clicking on the table headers. >> >> Any idea where I might find the code that populates this table? >> >> Thanks a lot for your help. >> >> Cheers >> Ulf >> >> >> On 17/12/13 22:31, Curtis Hendrickson (Campus) wrote: >>> John, >>> >>> I can't speak for Ulf, but a more general solution would be to allow >>> sorting by a standard unix SORT set keys. >>> That would allow things like - sort by the sample ID after the 3rd dash, >>> then by the read direction. >>> -t - -k1,1n -k2,2r # http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?sort >>> >>> Regards, >>> Curtis >>> >>> PS - granted simple filename sort is a good place to start and a lot >>> better than nothing. Date sort is often useful, too. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: galaxy-dev-boun...@lists.bx.psu.edu >>> [mailto:galaxy-dev-boun...@lists.bx.psu.edu] On Behalf Of John Chilton >>> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 4:03 PM >>> To: Ulf Schaefer >>> Cc: galaxy-dev@lists.bx.psu.edu >>> Subject: Re: [galaxy-dev] sort list of ftp uploaded files >>> >>> If Galaxy just sorted these files alphabetically before display/import >>> would that fix your problem? Or do your users need to be able to modify the >>> order? >>> >>> -John >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Ulf Schaefer <ulf.schae...@phe.gov.uk> >>> wrote: >>>> Dear all >>>> >>>> Is there a way to sort the list of files that a user has uploaded via >>>> FTP? Currently they appear on the form of the tool 'Upload File' in >>>> random order it seems. There is not much documentation on the <param >>>> type="ftpfile" /> tag unfortunately. >>>> >>>> If the user just selects all files they end up in his/her history in >>>> the same random order, which causes a slight inconvenience when using >>>> these files as paired multiple input for a workflow. >>>> >>>> The obvious work-around is to put the files into the history one pair >>>> at a time, but this becomes a bit onerous for larger number of files. >>>> >>>> Thanks a lot for your help. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Ulf >>>> >>>> ********************************************************************** >>>> **** The information contained in the EMail and any attachments is >>>> confidential and intended solely and for the attention and use of the >>>> named addressee(s). It may not be disclosed to any other person >>>> without the express authority of Public Health England, or the >>>> intended recipient, or both. 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