[Feature] Change the default sort order of the Actions in the Settings table

[mjthoraval]

Is there an existing issue for this?

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Environment

• OS: Windows 10
• Zotero Version: 7.0.0-beta.77+adaa61f2c (64-bit)
• Plugin Version: 1.0.0-beta.39

Describe the feature request

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I would like to change the default order of the actions in the actions table of the settings.
I prefer sorting the table by the Name column, same as the default sorting in the Menu.

At the moment, I do not understand what is the order after reopening Zotero:

Why do you need this feature?
It is easier to keep the same order in the table as the order I am using in the Menu.

Describe the solution you'd like

The solution you'd like
The best solution would be to keep the same order after reopening Zotero as it was before closing.
This behaviour would be intuitive, as it would simply reproduce the behaviour of the sorting in the Items Tree.

Alternatives you've considered
Another solution would be to match the order chosen for the Menu sorting.
But I feel that it is less intuitive. And some people may want to keep a different default order in the table than the one in the Menu.

Anything else?

No response

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[acsr]

I work around this using an index prefix in the menu title (which needs a zero prefix when exceeding 9 items.

I mimick a divider in this example

In other software a divider can be added by adding a reserved character (e.g. single or triple leading dashes)

prefix z.

The prefix z. moves items to the end of an alpha sorted list.
Why? DANGER: If you accidentially hit remove tags, there is currently no undo!
(Adding a confirmation step for dangerous destructive actions in the code or setup dialogue, would be nice, but a different ticket)

How to manage sort order

At the end a seperate field for entering an Index ID and additional search order integer or adding an instruction like:
Menu Order "Before ID X"

This could be then part of a matrix for the different occurence locations in the UI (Item, ... , reader etc)

Conclusion on Power User UI vs. simple UX

As you can see there maybe is a config nightmare if you offer all the options to an average user.