Sort Results by Author and Title -- MEEP Voting
REQUEST: Our patrons are asking for the ability to sort search results by Author or by Title, in addition to Date and Relevancy.
Feature Details:
Job Stories: As a Vega User I would like to be able to sort my search results in alphabetical and reverse alphabetical Order by Title and Author.
Acceptance Criteria:
Sort Options are Added for:
Title A-Z
Title Z-A
Author A-Z
Author Z-A
Sorting implies that initial articles are not considered in sort: a, an, the, etc.
Sort Options can be translated in all Language Files
Relevancy Remains the Default Sort applied to all searches
Sort Options are listed in alphabetical order in the Sort Selection Menu.
From original idea: https://ideas.iii.com/forums/951766-vega-discover/suggestions/46715995-sort-search-results-by-author-or-title
AND product board: https://portal.productboard.com/iii/15-vega-product-portal/c/614-add-sort-by-title-a-z-z-a
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Lisa Bondy commented
A title A-Z or Z-A sort option is very useful and can help make searching faster.
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Miriam Gloger commented
The ability to have an alphabetical sort (or better yet index search) would make it easier to find a specific known work rather than browse through irrelevant records