Sorting contacts very difficult

I think this is the same problem as #10257 ... albeit a different incarnation of it (we just need to abstract the understanding of it slightly). Here's why:

What is actually happening here for me is best described as steps to reproduce:

1. Drag a contact directly below a metacontact that is expanded (if it's collapsed, there is no problem - it works as expected)
2. Notice the drop bar indicator appears (seemingly) where it should - between the last subcontact of the metacontact and the next contact in the list.
3. When you actually drop the contact, it behaves like you're just dropping it in the group, and not specifying position, which is why it does not sort properly.

In #10257 dropping a contact to the last position in a group drops it in the first group in the list. Think of the metacontact as the group, and the parent group (that the metacontact belongs in) as the entire contact list, then we're reproducing the same thing as #10257 describes - attempting to drop a contact into the last position of a group (in this case a metacontact), and it's actually getting placed in the first group of the list (in this case, the parent group).

Hopefully that makes sense to someone other than me... :P

After updating to [24109] which includes the fix for #10257, I no longer have any problems with this (ie: I cannot reproduce the problem in this ticket) as long as my list is configured for manual sort.

Fixed for you Robby?

No, not in the slightest. :(

Replying to jas8522:

1. Drag a contact directly below a metacontact that is expanded (if it's collapsed, there is no problem - it works as expected)
2. Notice the drop bar indicator appears (seemingly) where it should - between the last subcontact of the metacontact and the next contact in the list.

3. When you actually drop the contact, it behaves like you're just dropping it in the combined contact.

That's my issue!

This happens no matter whether I wait for the combined contact to expand while I hover or I manage to drop it before it does so.

Perhaps you should do a video screen capture to show this in action... I can't get this to happen no matter what I do...

Robby, have you really updated to [24109] or later? I could reproduce this readily before fixing #10257. I can not reproduce it now.

Please reopen if you can reproduce this with a current build.

Yes, that was [24110]. Can't update to latest because of the broken Tiger build just now.
Would a video be helpful to you, Evan?

(Is there a ticket for the build problem?) A video would definitely be helpful. :)

(The build problem has been thematised in the mailing list.;))
Ok, I'll try to get a video done.

You can download it here: http://www.mediafire.com/?bmt5mylyxly. :)

I just attempted to reproduce this in my 10.4.11 install and I could not... Robbie: wanna try fresh prefs again? I know how much you enjoy doing that :)

Oh, in case you haven't done so already, try removing the build directory, then rebuilding Adium... perhaps before the fresh prefs.

I'm not going to do the fresh prefs, I doubt that will help. I'll try removing the build directory.

Ok, did that, no change.

Which preferences files could account for this problem? I certainly don't want set up Adium from scratch.

Ok, I did do start on a fresh set of preferences after all, to no avail.

What are your sorting settings?

"Sort contacts by status". More details in the following screenshot.
When I sort my contacts, though, I unhide all contacts and set contact sorting to "manually".

Does this problem exist in 1.2.7?

Before I check, let me ask: How could it when in 1.2.7 meta-contacts are not expanded in the contact list?

Drag & drop to combine contacts has always existed, and drag & drop to reorder has, as well. Also, it isn't clear to me from this ticket that this only happens for you when dragging to a location below a metacontact... is that the case? Dragging works okay if you drop below a non-metacontact?

Replying to evands:

Drag & drop to combine contacts has always existed, and drag & drop to reorder has, as well.

I know that, of course. :)

Also, it isn't clear to me from this ticket that this only happens for you when dragging to a location below a metacontact... is that the case? Dragging works okay if you drop below a non-metacontact?

Yes, that is exactly what I mean. I thought I had mentioned that in the original description but perhaps I could have stressed that a little more.

(In [24425]) A drop just below a metacontact will appear to be in the group (and should be). In 10.4, however, this incorrectly targets the bottommost index of the metacontact. Adjust to fit reality accordingly. Fixes #10255, finally.

Confirmed, thanks a lot, Evan! Great work! :)