#jarchi Sorts selected assessments within a view by ID and stacks them in a vertical layout

sort-and-layout-assessments

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Script Name: sort-and-layout-assessments 
Purpose:     Sorts selected assessments within a view by ID and stacks them in a vertical layout
             Builds on the AlignSpreadVertically script by Rob Kamp

Thomas Rischbeck, rischbeck@itmc.ch, (C) ITMC 2021

v2 all assessments same size and with label expression

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minY = null;
minX = null;
maxWidth = 0;
maxHeight = 0;

distance = 5; 

default_width = 200;
default_height = 30; 

// make all visual elements the same size
$(selection).each(function(element) {
    element.bounds = {width: default_width, height: default_height};
});

// set label expression for all visual elements & align legt
$(selection).each(function(element) {
    element.setLabelExpression("${property:ID} ${name}");
    element.setTextAlignment(TEXT_ALIGNMENT.LEFT);
});



// Determine the width, height,  and 
$(selection).each(function(element) {
    minY = Math.min(element.bounds.y,minY==null?element.bounds.y:minY);
    minX = Math.min(element.bounds.x,minX==null?element.bounds.x:minX);
    maxWidth = Math.max(element.bounds.width,maxWidth);
    maxHeight = Math.max(element.bounds.height,maxHeight);
});

// Sort the selection by the "ID" property
$(selection).sort(function (left,right) {
    //return left.bounds.x-right.bounds.x;
    var LID = left.prop("ID");
    var RID = right.prop("ID");
    return LID - RID; 

});

// Walk throught the sorted selection
$(selection).each(function (element) {
    
    // Set the new bounds
    element.bounds = {x: minX, y: minY, width: maxWidth, height: maxHeight};

    // Set the spacing for the next element
    //minX = minX + maxWidth + 20;
	minY = minY + maxHeight + distance;
	

});