1) Fix sorting problems in manage_authors. Changing the value in the currently-sorted column moved the selection, making multiple edits difficult. Changed to use 'sort' buttons.

2) Sorting collections by title doesn't work, because title_sort is always non. Change database2 to add title_sort to the metainformation structure so it is added to the JSON cache so it can be used to sort.

src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/edit_authors_dialog.py

@@ -50,15 +50,35 @@ class EditAuthorsDialog(QDialog, Ui_EditAuthorsDialog):
 
         # set up the signal after the table is filled
         self.table.cellChanged.connect(self.cell_changed)
+        self.sort_by_author.setCheckable(True)
+        self.sort_by_author.setChecked(False)
+        self.sort_by_author.clicked.connect(self.do_sort_by_author)
+        self.author_order = 1
 
-        self.table.setSortingEnabled(True)
         self.table.sortByColumn(1, Qt.AscendingOrder)
+        self.sort_by_author_sort.clicked.connect(self.do_sort_by_author_sort)
+        self.sort_by_author_sort.setCheckable(True)
+        self.sort_by_author_sort.setChecked(True)
+        self.author_sort_order = 1
+
         if select_item is not None:
             self.table.setCurrentItem(select_item)
             self.table.editItem(select_item)
         else:
             self.table.setCurrentCell(0, 0)
 
+    def do_sort_by_author(self):
+        self.author_order = 1 if self.author_order == 0 else 0
+        self.table.sortByColumn(0, self.author_order)
+        self.sort_by_author.setChecked(True)
+        self.sort_by_author_sort.setChecked(False)
+
+    def do_sort_by_author_sort(self):
+        self.author_sort_order = 1 if self.author_sort_order == 0 else 0
+        self.table.sortByColumn(1, self.author_sort_order)
+        self.sort_by_author.setChecked(False)
+        self.sort_by_author_sort.setChecked(True)
+
     def accepted(self):
         self.result = []
         for row in range(0,self.table.rowCount()):
@@ -79,8 +99,4 @@ class EditAuthorsDialog(QDialog, Ui_EditAuthorsDialog):
         else:
             item  = self.table.item(row, 1)
         self.table.setCurrentItem(item)
-        # disable and reenable sorting to force the sort now, so we can scroll
-        # to the item after it moves
-        self.table.setSortingEnabled(False)
-        self.table.setSortingEnabled(True)
         self.table.scrollToItem(item)

src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/edit_authors_dialog.ui

@@ -34,17 +34,54 @@
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
-    <widget class="QDialogButtonBox" name="buttonBox">
+    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
-     <property name="orientation">
+     <item>
-      <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+      <widget class="QPushButton" name="sort_by_author">
-     </property>
+       <property name="text">
-     <property name="standardButtons">
+        <string>Sort by author</string>
-      <set>QDialogButtonBox::Cancel|QDialogButtonBox::Ok</set>
+       </property>
-     </property>
+      </widget>
-     <property name="centerButtons">
+     </item>
-      <bool>true</bool>
+     <item>
-     </property>
+      <widget class="QPushButton" name="sort_by_author_sort">
-    </widget>
+       <property name="text">
+        <string>Sort by author sort</string>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item>
+      <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_3">
+       <property name="orientation">
+        <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+       </property>
+       <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+        <size>
+         <width>40</width>
+         <height>20</height>
+        </size>
+       </property>
+      </spacer>
+     </item>
+     <item>
+      <widget class="QDialogButtonBox" name="buttonBox">
+       <property name="sizePolicy">
+        <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Fixed">
+         <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+         <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+        </sizepolicy>
+       </property>
+       <property name="orientation">
+        <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+       </property>
+       <property name="standardButtons">
+        <set>QDialogButtonBox::Cancel|QDialogButtonBox::Ok</set>
+       </property>
+       <property name="centerButtons">
+        <bool>false</bool>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+    </layout>
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>

src/calibre/library/database2.py

@@ -317,6 +317,8 @@ class LibraryDatabase2(LibraryDatabase, SchemaUpgrade, CustomColumns):
                      'title', 'timestamp', 'uuid', 'pubdate'):
             setattr(self, prop, functools.partial(get_property,
                     loc=self.FIELD_MAP['comments' if prop == 'comment' else prop]))
+        setattr(self, 'title_sort', functools.partial(get_property,
+                loc=self.FIELD_MAP['sort']))
 
     def initialize_database(self):
         metadata_sqlite = open(P('metadata_sqlite.sql'), 'rb').read()
@@ -494,6 +496,7 @@ class LibraryDatabase2(LibraryDatabase, SchemaUpgrade, CustomColumns):
         mi.timestamp   = self.timestamp(idx, index_is_id=index_is_id)
         mi.pubdate     = self.pubdate(idx, index_is_id=index_is_id)
         mi.uuid        = self.uuid(idx, index_is_id=index_is_id)
+        mi.title_sort  = self.title_sort(idx, index_is_id=index_is_id)
         tags = self.tags(idx, index_is_id=index_is_id)
         if tags:
             mi.tags = [i.strip() for i in tags.split(',')]