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Did you know... You can do multi-column sorting (secondary sort, etc.) in both the Error List and Task List - #183

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Both the Error List and the Task List have support for multi-column sorting, like secondary sort (and can someone remind me what’s the term for 3rd-ary – the term that comes after secondary). 

For example, you want to sort all Tasks (or Errors) by File first, then by Line Number, so you can go through each file in the order in which the Tasks (or Errors) appear.

To do a secondary sort

  1. Click on the column that you wish to have as primary sort (like File)
  2. Shift+Click on the next column you wish to have as secondary sort (like Line Number)
  3. Rinse and Repeat for other columns

For the Task List, you can see how things are sorted first by File, then by Line number.

Task List displaying secondary sort

Same for the Error List

Error List Displaying Secondary Sort

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  • Anonymous
    March 30, 2008
    Third is tertiary. Regards,

  • Anonymous
    March 30, 2008
    I believe the word you are looking for is tertiary.

  • Anonymous
    March 31, 2008
    I think you've hit it - thirdary.  <g> I've seen "tertiary", and <i>much</i> less often "ternary", used to describe this.

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    March 31, 2008
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    March 31, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    March 31, 2008
    Tertiary, Quaternary... I don't think beyond 4 is very useful... really beyond 2, but that's just me.

  • Anonymous
    March 31, 2008
    I think the "3rd" term is tertiary.  I keep forgetting that you can double- and triple-sort.  Thanks for the tips.

  • Anonymous
    March 31, 2008
    I believe the term you're looking for is "tertiary". But we all know what you meant!

  • Anonymous
    March 31, 2008
    Is "ternary" the term you're looking for?

  • Anonymous
    March 31, 2008
    Is "ternary" the term you're looking for?  Or is is "tertiary"? How about "third"?  :-)

  • Anonymous
    March 31, 2008
    Primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary, quinary... Ok, I'll quit now!

  • Anonymous
    March 31, 2008
    Thanks for the post. That's great that VS 2008 can allow multi-sorting. I for one say keep the cool features coming! Also, in response to your question regarding the term for 3rd-ary The term you are looking for is "tertiary" http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/searchdetail.aspx?q=tertiary&pg=1&grp=dict

  • Anonymous
    March 31, 2008
    'ternary' is cardinal 'tertiary' is ordinal

  • Anonymous
    March 31, 2008
    IMNSHO...anything after tertiary is ornary

  • Anonymous
    March 31, 2008
    Someone on my team sent me this link earlier today. http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutwords/primary according to askoxford.com, The sequence continues with quaternary, quinary, senary, septenary, octonary, nonary, denary. Words also exist for twelfth order' (duodenary) and twentieth order' (vigenary). learn something new every day.

  • Anonymous
    April 01, 2008
    >> learn something new every day. << Indeed... Anyone else think of "duodenum" when you read "duodenary"?  30cm = ~12in...

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    April 05, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    December 30, 2008
    本篇包括tip181-tip190http://www.watch-life.net/visual-studio/visual-studio-2008-tip-day-19.html#181、按C...