Sorting object keys or array items via the context menu is now also naturally sorted (see #288)

HISTORY.md

@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@ https://github.com/josdejong/jsoneditor
 ## not yet released, version 5.3.0
 
 - Implemented support for sorting object keys naturally. Thanks @edufelipe.
+- Sorting object keys or array items via the context menu is now also naturally
+  sorted.
 - Fixed #283: improved JSON schema error message in case of no
   additionalProperties.
 - Fixed #286: Calling `get()` or `getText()` caused the editor to lose focus.
   A regression introduced in v5.2.0.
 
+
 ## 2016-03-20, version 5.2.0
 
 - Implemented method `editor.destroy()` to properly cleanup the editor (#278).

package.json

@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "ajv": "3.4.0",
-    "brace": "0.7.0"
+    "brace": "0.7.0",
+    "javascript-natural-sort": "0.7.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "gulp": "3.9.0",

src/js/Node.js

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+var naturalSort = require('javascript-natural-sort');
 var ContextMenu = require('./ContextMenu');
 var appendNodeFactory = require('./appendNodeFactory');
 var util = require('./util');
@@ -299,46 +300,30 @@ Node.prototype.setValue = function(value, type) {
   else if (this.type == 'object') {
     // object
     this.childs = [];
-    var props = [];
     for (var childField in value) {
       if (value.hasOwnProperty(childField)) {
-        props.push(childField);
+        childValue = value[childField];
+        if (childValue !== undefined && !(childValue instanceof Function)) {
+          // ignore undefined and functions
+          child = new Node(this.editor, {
+            field: childField,
+            value: childValue
+          });
+          this.appendChild(child);
+        }
       }
     }
-
-    if (this.editor.options.sortObjectKeys === true) {
-      props = this._naturalSort(props);
-    }
-
-    for (var i = 0; i < props.length; i++) {
-      var childField = props[i];
-      childValue = value[childField];
-      if (childValue !== undefined && !(childValue instanceof Function)) {
-        // ignore undefined and functions
-        child = new Node(this.editor, {
-          field: childField,
-          value: childValue
-        });
-        this.appendChild(child);
-      }
-    }
-
     this.value = '';
+
+    // sort object keys
+    if (this.editor.options.sortObjectKeys === true) {
+      this.sort('asc');
+    }
   }
   else {
     // value
     this.childs = undefined;
     this.value = value;
-    /* TODO
-     if (typeof(value) == 'string') {
-     var escValue = JSON.stringify(value);
-     this.value = escValue.substring(1, escValue.length - 1);
-     console.log('check', value, this.value);
-     }
-     else {
-     this.value = value;
-     }
-     */
   }
 
   this.previousValue = this.value;
@@ -2761,41 +2746,41 @@ Node.prototype._onChangeType = function (newType) {
 };
 
 /**
- * Sort the childs of the node. Only applicable when the node has type 'object'
+ * Sort the child's of the node. Only applicable when the node has type 'object'
  * or 'array'.
  * @param {String} direction   Sorting direction. Available values: "asc", "desc"
  * @private
  */
-Node.prototype._onSort = function (direction) {
+Node.prototype.sort = function (direction) {
-  if (this._hasChilds()) {
+  if (!this._hasChilds()) {
-    var order = (direction == 'desc') ? -1 : 1;
+    return;
-    var prop = (this.type == 'array') ? 'value': 'field';
-    this.hideChilds();
-
-    var oldChilds = this.childs;
-    var oldSort = this.sort;
-
-    // copy the array (the old one will be kept for an undo action
-    this.childs = this.childs.concat();
-
-    // sort the arrays
-    this.childs.sort(function (a, b) {
-      if (a[prop] > b[prop]) return order;
-      if (a[prop] < b[prop]) return -order;
-      return 0;
-    });
-    this.sort = (order == 1) ? 'asc' : 'desc';
-
-    this.editor._onAction('sort', {
-      node: this,
-      oldChilds: oldChilds,
-      oldSort: oldSort,
-      newChilds: this.childs,
-      newSort: this.sort
-    });
-
-    this.showChilds();
   }
+
+  var order = (direction == 'desc') ? -1 : 1;
+  var prop = (this.type == 'array') ? 'value': 'field';
+  this.hideChilds();
+
+  var oldChilds = this.childs;
+  var oldSortOrder = this.sortOrder;
+
+  // copy the array (the old one will be kept for an undo action
+  this.childs = this.childs.concat();
+
+  // sort the arrays
+  this.childs.sort(function (a, b) {
+    return order * naturalSort(a[prop], b[prop]);
+  });
+  this.sortOrder = (order == 1) ? 'asc' : 'desc';
+
+  this.editor._onAction('sort', {
+    node: this,
+    oldChilds: oldChilds,
+    oldSort: oldSortOrder,
+    newChilds: this.childs,
+    newSort: this.sortOrder
+  });
+
+  this.showChilds();
 };
 
 /**
@@ -3105,13 +3090,13 @@ Node.prototype.showContextMenu = function (anchor, onClose) {
   }
 
   if (this._hasChilds()) {
-    var direction = ((this.sort == 'asc') ? 'desc': 'asc');
+    var direction = ((this.sortOrder == 'asc') ? 'desc': 'asc');
     items.push({
       text: 'Sort',
       title: 'Sort the childs of this ' + this.type,
       className: 'jsoneditor-sort-' + direction,
       click: function () {
-        node._onSort(direction);
+        node.sort(direction);
       },
       submenu: [
         {
@@ -3119,7 +3104,7 @@ Node.prototype.showContextMenu = function (anchor, onClose) {
           className: 'jsoneditor-sort-asc',
           title: 'Sort the childs of this ' + this.type + ' in ascending order',
           click: function () {
-            node._onSort('asc');
+            node.sort('asc');
           }
         },
         {
@@ -3127,7 +3112,7 @@ Node.prototype.showContextMenu = function (anchor, onClose) {
           className: 'jsoneditor-sort-desc',
           title: 'Sort the childs of this ' + this.type +' in descending order',
           click: function () {
-            node._onSort('desc');
+            node.sort('desc');
           }
         }
       ]
@@ -3399,57 +3384,6 @@ Node.prototype._escapeJSON = function (text) {
   return escaped;
 };
 
-/**
- * sorts an array of strings using natural sort.
- * Natural sort resuls in the array `['100', '2', '1']` being sorted as
- * `['1', '2', '100']` instead of `['1', '100', '2']`, making it more readable.
- * This implementation is an adaptation of Brian Huisman implementation of the
- * Alphanum Algorithm by David Koelle.
- * @param {Array[String]} array
- * @return {String} sortedArray
- * @private
- */
-Node.prototype._naturalSort = function(array) {
-  var sortedArray = array.slice();
-
-  for (var z = 0, t; t = sortedArray[z]; z++) {
-    sortedArray[z] = [];
-    var x = 0, y = -1, n = 0, i, j;
-
-    while (i = (j = t.charAt(x++)).charCodeAt(0)) {
-      var m = (i == 46 || (i >=48 && i <= 57));
-      if (m !== n) {
-        sortedArray[z][++y] = '';
-        n = m;
-      }
-      sortedArray[z][y] += j;
-    }
-  }
-
-  sortedArray.sort(function(a, b) {
-    for (var x = 0, aa, bb; (aa = a[x]) && (bb = b[x]); x++) {
-      aa = aa.toLowerCase();
-      bb = bb.toLowerCase();
-      if (aa !== bb) {
-        var c = Number(aa), d = Number(bb);
-        if (c == aa && d == bb) {
-          return c - d;
-        }
-        else {
-          return (aa > bb) ? 1 : -1;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    return a.length - b.length;
-  });
-
-  for (var z = 0; z < sortedArray.length; z++) {
-    sortedArray[z] = sortedArray[z].join('');
-  }
-
-  return sortedArray;
-}
-
 // TODO: find a nicer solution to resolve this circular dependency between Node and AppendNode
 var AppendNode = appendNodeFactory(Node);