FEATURE REQUEST - Sort models in parts search alphabetically

Also Case #810105.

Here's a possible workaround for the desperate (your mileage may vary, use at your own risk, etc.).

Edit <webhelpdesk>/bin/webapps/helpdesk/js/tableSupport.min.js and add these lines at the bottom:

function abssSortSelect() {

    var abssSortValue = function (x, y) {

        if (x.text < y.text)

            return -1;

        if (x.text > y.text)

            return 1;

        return 0;

    };

    var d = document.getElementById("ModelUpdater");

    var s = d.children[0];

    var a = Array();

    for (var i=0; i < s.length; ++i) {

        a.push(s.item(i));

    }

    for (var i=0; i < a.length; ++i) {

        s.removeChild(a[i]);

    }

    a.sort(abssSortValue)

    for (var i=0; i < a.length; ++i) {

        s.appendChild(a[i]);

    }

    s.value = s.item(0).value;

}

function abssSortButton() {

    var d = document.getElementById("ModelUpdater");

    if (!d)

        return -1;

    var d = document.getElementById("contentArea");

    d.style.position = 'relative';

    var a = document.createElement("a")

    a.id = "abssSortButton";

    a.className = "roundRectButton";

    a.style.position = 'absolute';

    a.style.top = '40px';

    a.style.right = '8px';

    a.href = "javascript:abssSortSelect();";

    a.innerHTML = '<div class="panelButton">Sort Models</div>';

    d.insertBefore(a, d.children[0]);

    return 0;

}

$(document).ready(abssSortButton);

This should add a button on the far right that you can manually click to force a sort. You have to use it each time after you select a manufacturer that populates the model list: