Weblate: Customizable string ordering

[tjhietala]

Describe the bug
Something very strange is going on with string numbering in MyPaint on hosted.weblate.org

To Reproduce
Go to https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/mypaint/mypaint/fi/ and click All strings. You'll be directed to https://hosted.weblate.org/translate/mypaint/mypaint/fi/?q= which says it's string 1 out of 1272, yet there appear to be neighbouring strings above it. If you click on the one immediately above, Weblate says it's string 1086 out of 1272.

Likewise if you click the "last string" button, you'll be directed to https://hosted.weblate.org/translate/mypaint/mypaint/fi/?&offset=1272 where you can see neighbouring strings below it. If you click on the one immediately below, Weblate says it's string 1232 out of 1272.

Expected behavior
The first string should actually be the first and the last string should actually be the last, with no unexpected jumps in the numbering.

Screenshots

Server configuration and status
Whatever configuration is on hosted.weblate.org

Additional context

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[nijel]

The strings are offered for translation by priority, so that the project maintainers can focus translators on the most important strings. The nearby strings are ordered by location in the translation file.

[tjhietala]

I see. Is there any way for the translator to switch to location-based numbering?

[nijel]

Not yet. I thought there is existing issue for this, but I cannot find it right now...

[comradekingu]

@tjhietala They are sorted by context.
First Context: Menu (labels),then nothing, then "Menu→File (labels), Accel Editor (labels)"
The ones after that are sequential.

[nijel]

What sorting options do you find useful?

• Priority and position (currently hardcoded)
• Position
• Context
• Source

[comradekingu]

Length of string?

[nijel]

I also sometimes do translate short strings first, but I'm not sure it's a good practice... But it probably makes sense to include it.

[tjhietala]

For me, position is important in keeping mental orientation on where I am in the component, because the context strings alone often don't provide enough context. If the ordering stays stable, it's possible to build a kind of mental map of the component over time. It's hard to say how useful other sorting options would be without trying them.

[comradekingu]

Whatever makes the most sense should be selectable, no?

Similarity, same concept as length, but with additional benefit of keeping more topical
Number of comments, helps with keeping up with discussion
New comments, same as above
Number of open issues, helps people fix issues
Number of failing checks, same as above
Age of string, lets people get into the swing of things, and review what hasn't already been
Label, keeps it topical. Would be nice to open special language strings in a new tab where all those are.
Number of reviews, where the amount of reviews hopefully gets to be more than one some day.
Number of screenshots/descriptions/source comments/labels, helps the process of getting the context in shape

[nijel]

Some basic ordering options landed in https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/pull/3766, more to be added.

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