Contacts: Sorting of names is sometimes "last, first", sometimes "first last"

[Luto73]

Steps to reproduce

1. Create a new contact entry
2. If you do nothing the sorting is "firstname lastname"
3. If you add "detailed name" information the sorting changes to "lastname, firstname"

Expected behaviour

Sorting should be consistent either "lastname, firstname" (preferred by me) or "firstname lastname"

Actual behaviour

Sorting seems to be chaotically

Server configuration

Operating system: Debian Wheezy

Web server: Apache 2.2

Database: MySQL 5.5

PHP version: 7.0.15

Nextcloud version: 11.0.2

Contacts version: 1.5.3

Updated from an older Nextcloud or fresh install: Update
Signing status: No errors have been found.

List of activated apps:

Enabled:

• activity: 2.4.1
• admin_audit: 1.1.0
• bookmarks: 0.9.1
• calendar: 1.5.1
• comments: 1.1.0
• contacts: 1.5.3
• dav: 1.1.1
• encryption: 1.4.1
• federatedfilesharing: 1.1.1
• files: 1.6.1
• files_accesscontrol: 1.1.2
• files_pdfviewer: 1.0.1
• files_sharing: 1.1.1
• files_texteditor: 2.2
• files_trashbin: 1.1.0
• files_versions: 1.4.0
• files_videoplayer: 1.0.0
• firstrunwizard: 2.0
• gallery: 16.0.0
• logreader: 2.0.0
• lookup_server_connector: 1.0.0
• mail: 0.6.2
• nextcloud_announcements: 1.0
• notes: 2.2.0
• notifications: 1.0.1
• password_policy: 1.1.0
• provisioning_api: 1.1.0
• serverinfo: 1.1.1
• sharebymail: 1.0.1
• survey_client: 0.1.5
• systemtags: 1.1.3
• tasks: 0.9.5
• templateeditor: 0.2
• theming: 1.1.1
• twofactor_backupcodes: 1.0.0
• updatenotification: 1.1.1
• workflowengine: 1.1.1
  Disabled:
• external
• federation
• files_automatedtagging
• files_downloadactivity
• files_external
• files_retention
• twofactor_totp
• user_external
• user_ldap
• user_saml

The content of config/config.php:

{
"system": {
"instanceid": "1234567",
"passwordsalt": "REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE",
"trusted_domains": [
"trusted.domain"
],
"datadirectory": "\/var\/local\/nextcloud-data",
"dbtype": "mysql",
"version": "11.0.2.7",
"installed": true,
"forcessl": true,
"enable_previews": true,
"preview_libreoffice_path": "\/usr\/bin\/libreoffice",
"maintenance": false,
"dbname": "owncloud",
"dbhost": "localhost",
"dbuser": "REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE",
"dbpassword": "REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE",
"mail_from_address": "nextcloud",
"mail_smtpmode": "php",
"mail_domain": "xxx.yyy",
"mail_smtpauthtype": "PLAIN",
"mail_smtpauth": 1,
"mail_smtpsecure": "tls",
"theme": "",
"loglevel": 2,
"secret": "REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE",
"overwritewebroot": "\/nextcloud",
"overwrite.cli.url": "\/nextcloud",
"trashbin_retention_obligation": "auto",
"filelocking.enabled": "true",
"updatechecker": true,
"htaccess.RewriteBase": "\/nextcloud",
"updater.release.channel": "stable",
"memcache.local": "\OC\Memcache\Redis",
"redis": {
"host": "localhost",
"port": 6379
},
"memcache.locking": "\OC\Memcache\Redis"
}
}

**Are you using external storage: no

Are you using encryption: no

Are you using an external user-backend, if yes which one: no

Client configuration

Browser: Opera 43.0

Operating system: Windows 10 Pro

CardDAV-clients: Web-Interface

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[irgendwie]

Sorting is done via the displayname - nonetheless with the next version of contacts a basic sort by feature is integrated.

[skjnldsv]

@irgendwie I think what @Luto73 is saying, is that adding a detailed name for a contact changes the sorting of this contact without respecting the sort dropdown option selection.

@Luto73 ?

[Luto73]

@skjnldsv I must admit I did not know that I can select the sorting order because I do not see where this option is hidden. But you got me right with your interpretation that adding a detailed name changes sort order.

[irgendwie]

@Luto73 the sort feature isn't integrated in 1.5.3 but will come with 1.5.4.
ref https://github.com/nextcloud/contacts/pull/121

[skjnldsv]

@irgendwie Oups! :p

[skjnldsv]

Fixed with latest 2.0.1