Section 5. Sort elements from a Package or an Element by Name

This help article explains how to use eaUtils Sort By Name feature on the elements contained in a package or element.

This feature runs on a package or an element selected from the Project Browser (it can also be run on a package tree, click here for more information).

Enterprise Architect already sorts elements by their name, however this feature has been implemented so that elements can be sorted by taking into account integer values within a string value. Hence this feature only makes sense when the option "Identify and sort integers within string values" is set (default setting).

To illustrate the purpose, the following list is sorted by EA when running Contents > Reset Sort Order:

• Class03, Class1, Class10, Class15, Class2, Class3, Class32, Clatss35, Class39, Class5, Class9.

eaUtils Sort By Name will update the list with the following order:

• Class1, Class2, Class03, Class3, Class5, Class9, Class10, Class15, Class32, Class35, Class39.