Make sure to sort entries by account (name) in the overview list.

src/contents/ui/AccountsOverview.qml

@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ Kirigami.ScrollablePage {
 
     ListView {
         id: mainList
-        model: accounts
+        model: Models.SortedAccountListModel {
+            sourceModel: accounts
+        }
         /*
          * Use a Loader to get a switch-like statement to select an
          * appropriate delegate based on properties of the account model.

src/main.cpp

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Q_DECL_EXPORT int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     qmlRegisterUncreatableType<model::SimpleAccountListModel>("Keysmith.Models", 1, 0, "AccountListModel", "Use the Keysmith singleton to obtain an AccountListModel");
     qmlRegisterUncreatableType<model::PasswordRequest>("Keysmith.Models", 1, 0, "PasswordRequestModel", "Use the Keysmith singleton to obtain an PasswordRequestModel");
     qmlRegisterUncreatableType<model::AccountView>("Keysmith.Models", 1, 0, "Account", "Use an AccountListModel from the Keysmith singleton to obtain an Account");
+    qmlRegisterType<model::SortedAccountsListModel>("Keysmith.Models", 1, 0, "SortedAccountListModel");
     qmlRegisterType<model::AccountNameValidator>("Keysmith.Validators", 1, 0, "AccountNameValidator");
     qmlRegisterType<validators::Base32Validator>("Keysmith.Validators", 1, 0, "Base32SecretValidator");
     qmlRegisterType<validators::UnsignedLongValidator>("Keysmith.Validators", 1, 0, "HOTPCounterValidator");

src/model/accounts.cpp

@@ -260,4 +260,64 @@ namespace model
             qCDebug(logger) << "Ignoring new accounts model: not a valid object";
         }
     }
+
+    SortedAccountsListModel::SortedAccountsListModel(QObject *parent) : QSortFilterProxyModel(parent)
+    {
+    }
+
+    void SortedAccountsListModel::setSourceModel(QAbstractItemModel *sourceModel)
+    {
+        SimpleAccountListModel *model = qobject_cast<SimpleAccountListModel*>(sourceModel);
+        if (!model) {
+            qCDebug(logger) << "Not setting source model: it is not an accounts list model!";
+            return;
+        }
+
+        QSortFilterProxyModel::setSourceModel(sourceModel);
+        qCDebug(logger) << "Updating properties & resorting the model";
+        setSortRole(SimpleAccountListModel::NonStandardRoles::AccountRole);
+        setDynamicSortFilter(true);
+        setSortLocaleAware(true);
+        sort(0);
+    }
+
+    bool SortedAccountsListModel::lessThan(const QModelIndex &source_left, const QModelIndex &source_right) const
+    {
+        QAbstractItemModel *source = sourceModel();
+        Q_ASSERT_X(source, Q_FUNC_INFO, "should have a source model at this point");
+
+        SimpleAccountListModel *model = qobject_cast<SimpleAccountListModel*>(source);
+        // useless junk: implement sorting as no-op: claim equality between left & right
+        if (!model) {
+            qCDebug(logger) << "Short-circuiting lessThan operator: source model is not an accounts list model!";
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        QVariant leftValue = model->data(source_left, SimpleAccountListModel::NonStandardRoles::AccountRole);
+        QVariant rightValue = model->data(source_right, SimpleAccountListModel::NonStandardRoles::AccountRole);
+
+        AccountView * leftAccount = leftValue.isNull() ? nullptr : leftValue.value<AccountView*>();
+        AccountView * rightAccount = rightValue.isNull() ? nullptr : rightValue.value<AccountView*>();
+
+        // useless junk: implement sorting as no-op: claim left == right
+        if (!leftAccount && !rightAccount) {
+            qCDebug(logger) << "Short-circuiting lessThan operator: both source model indices do not point to accounts";
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // Sort actual accounts before useless junk: claim left >= right
+        if (!leftAccount) {
+            qCDebug(logger) << "Short-circuiting lessThan operator: left source model index does not point to an account";
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // Sort actual accounts before useless junk: claim left < right
+        if (!rightAccount) {
+            qCDebug(logger) << "Short-circuiting lessThan operator: right source model index does not point to an account";
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        // actual sorting by account name
+        return leftAccount->name().localeAwareCompare(rightAccount->name()) < 0;
+    }
 }

src/model/accounts.h

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <QHash>
 #include <QModelIndex>
 #include <QObject>
+#include <QSortFilterProxyModel>
 #include <QString>
 #include <QValidator>
 #include <QVector>
@@ -87,6 +88,16 @@ namespace model
         QHash<QString, accounts::Account*> m_accounts;
     };
 
+    class SortedAccountsListModel: public QSortFilterProxyModel
+    {
+        Q_OBJECT
+    public:
+        explicit SortedAccountsListModel(QObject *parent = nullptr);
+        void setSourceModel(QAbstractItemModel *sourceModel) override;
+    protected:
+        bool lessThan(const QModelIndex &source_left, const QModelIndex &source_right) const override;
+    };
+
     class AccountNameValidator: public QValidator
     {
         Q_OBJECT