Sorting people list automatically

[Matt]

Is there any way to automatically sort the "PEOPLE" list? Either sorting alphabetically or by last interaction time.

Thanks

[James Phillpotts]

If you're using OSX, you can make this happen by editing HipChat.app/Contents/Resources/chat.html, and adding this line to the start of the orderRooms function (which in version 4.29.0.732 is at line 113966):

rooms = _.sortBy(_.values(rooms), ['name']);

[Joe Tustin]

Dude thanks for this! I can't believe this isn't a feature.  I have 0 coding experience and figured out where to paste after a few attempts.  Thanks again! 

[Joseph Sirimarco]

FYI, for you Windows users, you can do the same thing in this file:

     <hipchat_installation_root>/localweb/hipchat-client.js

Make the change immediately after these lines:

        key: 'orderRooms',

        value: function orderRooms(rooms) {

[Pawel Gruszka]

it works! :) However last interaction would be more useful. Any idea if room has sth like last modified time? 

[Jenna Click]

How do I access this?? @James Phillpotts @Joe Tustin

HipChat.app/Contents/Resources/chat.html

Where do I enter the following string on Mac?! How can I edit the app?

Thanks in advance..

[Sergio Pavez]

How  to do the same, but ignorig case?

[Gaurav Garg]

Upvote this feature for Atlassian to prioritize this - https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/HCPUB-363

[Sammo Gabay]

I made the change on Windows and it really makes the client easier to use.

[Jesus Lopez Garcia]

Great!

I have also ordered by pending chats:

1. var roomsByName = _.sortBy(_.values(rooms), ['name']).reverse();

2. rooms = _.sortBy(roomsByName, ['unreadCount']).reverse();

Probably can be optimized ;)

This is the room structure (you can use any property for sorting):

    {
        "topic": null,
        "admins": [],
        "participants": {
            "members": [],
            "guests": []
        },
        "files": [],
        "links": [],
        "is_archived": "0",
        "history_fetch_ids": [],
        "show_join_leave_messages": false,
        "guest_mention_regex": null,
        "most_recent_message": null,
        "last_read_message": {
            "mid": "xxxxxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxxx-xxxxxxx",
            "timestamp": 234266089.759309
        },
        "avatar_url": "",
        "roster_size": 0,
        "participants_fully_initialized": true,
        "presence": {
            "show": "unknown",
            "status": "",
            "seconds": "",
            "idleTime": ""
        },
        "unreadCount": 0,
        "unreadCountTemp": 0,
        "unreadMentionCount": 0,
        "unreadMentionJustMeCount": 0,
        "isUpdatingUnreadCount": false,
        "hasMention": false,
        "files_fetched": false,
        "links_fetched": false,
        "jid": "xxxxx@chat.bxxx.xxxxhat.com",
        "type": "chat",
        "id": 546456,
        "name": "xxxxxxxx"
    },

[sui77]

Please upvote this feature request: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/HCPUB-363

[crivers]

There's no way to automatically sort the list of people on the left side currently, but we are consistently looking into options to better organize the list of chats (particularly for people who keep a lot of tabs open). It's possible that alphabetical and last-active sort will be an option in the future

[John Kennedy]

The only way I keep people organized at the moment is to clear out everyone in my "people" tray each week. Is there a better way to keep track of recent conversations?

[crivers]

One option I've seen a number of people use is to always close 1-1 chats after you're done with any given conversation (or even after you send any message). We are working on providing persistent tracking for unread messages between sessions as well, which will hopefully help tracking recent updates.

[Jessica Bartlett]

Still no way to do this alphabetically?

[Scott Wilson]

Very useful feature -please add. 

[Gaurav Garg]

Upvote this - https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/HCPUB-363

[Deleted user]

Solution: Convince your company to use Slack.

[abc-jiraadmin]

Thanks Chris. Working in an team with over 500 people it's a huge pain to keep the list organised.