Feature Request: order participant list alphabetically

[rtfm98]

Hey there,

I'd like to propose another feature request. We use Calls for our daily team meetings - colleagues take their turn to speak in alphabetical order.
Therefore it would be helpful if at least the participants list in the sidebar would be statically sorted alphabetically (while being in fullscreen mode). The participant list in the center may remain dynamic, though.

Maybe, a way to sort the list arbitrarily via dropdown (alphabetically, active speaker first, joining time, ...) would also be helpful.

Best regards!

[streamer45]

@rtfm98 The participants list should already be sorted alphabetically with a couple of precedence rules:

• Presenter (the participant screen sharing)
• Participants unmuted
• Participants with their hand raised

If this is not the case I suspect it may be a bug. Could you share a screenshot perhaps?

[rtfm98]

Hi @streamer45 and thanks for your quick reply.
You're right that the list is sorted alphabetically by precedence rules (is it intended to sort by first name?). My point was about the precedence rules: to be able to use the list as "who's next" list, a static sorting without precedence rules would be helpful, so that even the active speaker doesn't jump directly to the top.

[streamer45]

Thanks for clarifying. We may want to consider a way to cycle between different sorting algorithms to cover the various use cases.