Problem/Motivation
Not sure how i could be the first to report this; but unable to to find a post regarding this bug.
The Link field type is not sortable in Views:
This is with 9.2.6. I am sure the same for D8 but have not tested. I tested in D7 and this does work as expected.
Oddly enough there is still the config on the field itself to select which column in the link table to use for sorting:
Also, am i the only one that finds it confusing/inconsistent to have this:
Used by Style: Table to determine the actual column to click sort the field on. The default is usually fine.
when the actual section that determines Table is called Format, not Style. This inconsistency is continued on the first screen shot (Table config) where the title of the modal is "Style options". I don't really have a preference between Format or Style; but i am a huge fan of consistency.
As half of this is already there and it did work in D7; guessing not too hard to fix this - so will spend some time looking at patch.
Steps to reproduce
Proposed resolution
Add a hook_field_views_data_alter to the missing core/modules/link/link.views.inc file to set "click sortable" to TRUE.
Remaining tasks
1. write patch for setting link fields to click sortable [done]
2. test that it works [done]
3. write tests [todo]
User interface changes
This will provide a checkbox in Views table style/format settings to make Link fields sortable.
API changes
None.
Data model changes
None.