I’m using a mirror for subitem status. It puts all the colors in one cell, as expected. However, the order seems to be random. It doesn’t seem to be related to the order of the status in the list, nor to the order of the subitems, nor to the hues of the colors.
I use colors to track the status of subitems, and the mirror column COULD provide a good visual if, for example, colors indicating “can do” were on the left, “in progress” in the middle, “done” on the right. Like I have them ordered when I choose a status for the subitem. But instead, right now, I might have the done color on the left, the not started color in the middle, and the in progress color on the right.
I have done some digging and from my understanding believe that the logic is to order by “done” colours and later by the origin column labels order. From the sounds of things this isn’t quite how it’s appearing on your end. Would you be happy to share a screenshot so I can gain a better understanding how it’s appearing on your end? You’re welcome to send over private message if you’d prefer
Hi Bianca! Here’s an example of what I’m seeing. In this case, the “Done” color shows in the middle. Also, what defines the “Done” colors? I didn’t know there was special logic around that.
Here’s another one. What I’m seeing consistently is that the “default” (light gray) is on the right, “Done” is in the middle, and “Everything else” is on the left. But what’s strange here is that the “everything else” on the left seems to be in an arbitrary order. Note that in the order I’ve set up the labels, the order is Waiting, Can Do, In Progress. But in the mirror, one item has In Progress before Can Do, and another has Waiting before Can Do. I would expect “Can Do” to be in the middle.
An ideal for me, though, would be to order it in reverse from the label order. So let’s say I have Not Started, Waiting, In Progress, Done as labels, then in the mirror, from left to right, would be Done, In Progress, Waiting, Started.
I generally order my labels from earlier in the process to later, so that would give a nice view that behaves kinda like overlapping logical left-to-right progress bars.
Would you be able to check these settings just incase this might be impacting the sort? Essentially if the settings are correct, those Done labels should start from the left.
Thanks Bianca, I didn’t know about that capability.
Unfortunately, it still doesn’t seem to be behaving as expected.
See that only the dark blue is the only “Done” color, but in the mirror column directly above, there are items both to the left and to the right of the Done blue.
Also notice that this is the same page screenshot a few replies up, and now the colors in that item are in a different order. I don’t think I’ve moved or reconfigured anything in the interim relating to that item.
I’ve shared this thread directly with the product team in charge and apologise to all for the lack of clear updates on this. Our team are working on investigating the inconsistent behaviour, which is proving more difficult than expected… I am waiting for a confirmed update, which I expect to get in the next couple of days - I will be sure to circle back here asap
Thank you for your patience everyone! I’ve chatted with the dedicated team who have ironed out what the expected logic when sorting a mirrored status column:
This is the sort logic:
Empty values first
Primary sort by done precent
Secondary sort by the first color in the battery
Important - for the mirror there is no meaning to the order of colour in the column settings
The reasoning for this is that you might be connected to multiple boards, in which the “order” of the same colour is different, so we completely ignore it. The order of the colours is random, that said, that items that have same first colour will appear next to each other.
That’s not what my question was at all. You’re giving insight into the top-to-bottom sorting when you sort the mirrored status column. That was not my question. I’m not sorting that column, I have no reason to.
My question was the left to right arrangement of colors within a single status bar. You’ll notice that in the first screenshot it puts green first (on the left of the column) then blue, and in the second screenshot it put blue first (on the left of the column) and then green, for all the items in the list.
Apologies for my delayed reply, I have been OOO. Happy new year!
I am sorry for my misunderstanding here. You’re correct, the issue is reference to the left to right arrangement and I’ve had the dedicated product manager look directly at this thread while also engage in testing. Admittedly, the sequence and ordering is broken and does not follow consistent logic. Our team aim to address this issue by Q1 as the team work together defining an accurate and consistent order logic. I have flagged this and will ensure updates are shared accordingly when more information is shared.
As always, your patience and cooperation is appreciated!
I’m getting the same ramdom order from left to right (no matter if the color is set as completed, nor the order of the colors for non completed statuses).
I think it used to work quite well, but don’t know when this started to happen.
Thank you for flagging Alejandro - I am sorry about this problem! Our team are working towards addressing this matter by Q1 When more information is shared, I will update this thread.
