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  Daviesh Dec 28, 2009 at 01:36 UTC - 0 likes

  The problem is not the UI, the problem is having enougfh item information. Stuff like what slot an item belongs to is stored on the server, not locally. This makes on the fly sorting painful, as it would take ages with the server/client queries. While there might be ways around it, we would need to deal with adding items to the wishlist that the server won't let you see (because they haven't dropped yet) and items that have no iteminfo after a patch or similar.

  As you can see, this becomes a non-trivial task, and may be easier come Cataclysm when we are doing a stack of other changes at the same time. While it is not impossible to do, in the end it always comes down to time and resources, we don't get paid for this, we do it in our spare time and we have to prioritise.

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  Midnighte Dec 27, 2009 at 23:13 UTC - 0 likes

  From my understanding, the windows are being pulled from the API library with a bit of customization on AtlasLoot's end (the GUI of each window/buttons ect). So simply adding a button on the wishlist page either in the options pane or on the actually individual pages. a entry in a saved variables to keep the setting to sort by slot. From here, something to pull the data and categories it. I do not know lua but I do know java/c and its not more then about 20-30 lines of coding.

  Pulling items from a saved from SavedVariables, running an if statement (sorter) to find if it's slot, then selling it to be places in a specific group of items, ex Rings. Now there is no reason to sort the items, though sorting by ilvl or name would be a plus, ilvl would probably be best as you are looking for the best item, which in "most" cases will be the higher ilvl (we won't get in on the debate of some ilvl items are worse then lower ilvl items). I am assuming the people working on this project are experienced enough to be able to do this easily. Yes this is probably not a priority, but I have been using atlasloot since the first month it came out and only now realize how great this would be. The wish list option is already fantastic but sorting it by your item is so much easier and allows the user to find gear quicker, not going I need a ring to replace this green, I wonder which heroic/raid drops one, lets sort through the 30+ i have said are upgrades.

  In the end, this will make it even more sought after tool in my opinion.

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  Hegarol Dec 27, 2009 at 14:50 UTC - 0 likes

  You are not the first to suggest that. Not easy to implement. Could make it into the Cataclysm version but I won't promise anything.

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