list of element types is sorted

CHANGELOG

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ minerva (12.3.0~alpha.0) unstable; urgency=low
   * Small improvement: New comment dialog does not contain content of previous
     comment dialog (#680)
   * Small improvement: Left logo is configurable (#731)
+  * Small improvement: list of element types in choose annotator dialog is 
+    sorted (#758)
   * Small improvement: Plugin API provides list of overview images (#702)
   * Small improvement: Plugin API allows to show/hide overview images (#702)
   * Small improvement: Plugin API allows to trigger search on the map (#702)

frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/admin/ChooseAnnotatorsDialog.js

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ var Annotator = require("../../map/data/Annotator");
 var AnnotatorParameter = require("../../map/data/AnnotatorParameter");
 var GuiConnector = require("../../GuiConnector");
 var MultiCheckboxList = require("multi-checkbox-list");
-var UserPreferences = require("../../map/data/UserPreferences");
 
 var Functions = require('../../Functions');
 var Promise = require('bluebird');
@@ -402,6 +401,33 @@ ChooseAnnotatorsDialog.prototype.createAnnotatorsParams = function (selectedAnno
 };
 
 
+/**
+ *
+ * @return {BioEntityTypeTreeNode[]}
+ */
+ChooseAnnotatorsDialog.prototype.getTypeNodeList = function () {
+  var types = [];
+
+  var treeData = this.getConfiguration().getElementTypeTree();
+
+  var queue = [treeData];
+
+  while (queue.length > 0) {
+    var node = queue.shift();
+    if (node.children !== undefined && node.children.length > 0) {
+      for (var i = 0; i < node.children.length; i++) {
+        queue.push(node.children[i]);
+      }
+    } else {
+      types.push(node);
+    }
+  }
+  types.sort(function (a, b) {
+    return a.text.localeCompare(b.text);
+  });
+  return types;
+};
+
 /**
  *
  * @returns {Promise}
@@ -412,22 +438,7 @@ ChooseAnnotatorsDialog.prototype.init = function () {
 
     var configuration = self.getConfiguration();
 
-    var treeData = configuration.getElementTypeTree();
-
-    var types = [];
-    var queue = [treeData];
-
-    var i;
-    while (queue.length > 0) {
-      var node = queue.shift();
-      if (node.children !== undefined && node.children.length > 0) {
-        for (i = 0; i < node.children.length; i++) {
-          queue.push(node.children[i]);
-        }
-      } else {
-        types.push(node);
-      }
-    }
+    var types = self.getTypeNodeList();
 
     var element = $('[name="elementList"]', self.getElement())[0];
     var select = Functions.createElement({
@@ -445,7 +456,7 @@ ChooseAnnotatorsDialog.prototype.init = function () {
       }
     });
     select.size = 15;
-    for (i = 0; i < types.length; i++) {
+    for (var i = 0; i < types.length; i++) {
       var type = types[i];
       var option = Functions.createElement({
         type: "option",
@@ -482,9 +493,6 @@ ChooseAnnotatorsDialog.prototype.init = function () {
             annotator = annotators[i];
           }
         }
-        if (annotatorClassName === undefined) {
-          throw new Error("Annotator is not used by user: " + div.innerHTML);
-        }
         return self.createAnnotatorsParams(annotator);
       }).catch(GuiConnector.alert);
     });

frontend-js/src/test/js/gui/admin/ChooseAnnotatorsDialog-test.js

@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ describe('ChooseAnnotatorsDialog', function () {
     return dialog.init();
   });
 
+
+  it('getTypeNodeList sorted', function () {
+    var dialog = createDialog();
+    var types = dialog.getTypeNodeList();
+    for (var i = 1; i < types.length; i++) {
+      assert.ok(types[i - 1].text.localeCompare(types[i].text) <= 0, types[i - 1].text + " and " + types[i].text + " are not sorted alphabetically");
+    }
+  });
+
   it('setElementType', function () {
     var dialog = createDialog();
     var configuration = helper.getConfiguration();