Hyperlink editor: anchors are not listed alphabetically

paperback · 03-12-2022, 06:46 AM

Linux Mint 20.1 / Calibre 5.35

Open the attached screenshot of the "Insert Hyperlink" window.

Expected result: Anchors are listed strictly alphanumerically, i.e. A to Z, and 0-9.

Actual result: Alphabetical characters are sequenced OK (i.e. alphabetically), but numbers are NOT being sequenced numerically (0-9), but by some other criterion which is not clear.

This is a bug and means that the user has to spend longer looking for anchors with numbers in them.

kovidgoyal · 03-12-2022, 09:16 PM

You declaring things as bugs doesnt make them so. The anchors are listed in document order, by design.

paperback · 03-13-2022, 08:59 AM

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The anchors are listed in document order, by design.

Open the attached example epub in the editor. Select "Insert Hyperlink > chap1". The order of IDs seems to be higgledy-piggledy, and does not reflect their position in the document. If you beautify the page, the order of IDs changes again, but it's still not the document order.

kovidgoyal · 03-13-2022, 11:51 AM

I was wrong the list is sorted by the text corresponding to the anchors. Your book has anchors on images so it has no text to sort by. I've changed the code to fallback to using the actual anchors ast the text in such cases.

paperback · 03-14-2022, 08:24 AM

Thanks.

03-12-2022, 06:46 AM	#1
paperback Connoisseur Posts: 76 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2022 Device: None	Hyperlink editor: anchors are not listed alphabetically Linux Mint 20.1 / Calibre 5.35 Open the attached screenshot of the "Insert Hyperlink" window. Expected result: Anchors are listed strictly alphanumerically, i.e. A to Z, and 0-9. Actual result: Alphabetical characters are sequenced OK (i.e. alphabetically), but numbers are NOT being sequenced numerically (0-9), but by some other criterion which is not clear. This is a bug and means that the user has to spend longer looking for anchors with numbers in them. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by paperback; 03-12-2022 at 07:07 AM.

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03-12-2022, 09:16 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,706 Karma: 28549304 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You declaring things as bugs doesnt make them so. The anchors are listed in document order, by design.

03-13-2022, 11:51 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,706 Karma: 28549304 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I was wrong the list is sorted by the text corresponding to the anchors. Your book has anchors on images so it has no text to sort by. I've changed the code to fallback to using the actual anchors ast the text in such cases.

03-14-2022, 08:24 AM	#5
paperback Connoisseur Posts: 76 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2022 Device: None	Thanks.

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