[BUG] MdTabs: Tabs with number-like id are wrongly ordered by id

[slaout]

Steps to reproduce

When md-tabs are Numbers or Strings having a Number value, tabs are ordered by id instead of by appearance order in the source code.

Which browser?

Chrome on Windows.

What is expected?

We declare tabs in a certain order in the Vue template: we expect to display the tabs in the same order.

What is actually happening?

Tabs are sorted by Number ids before displaying them.

Reproduction Link

https://codesandbox.io/embed/vue-material-quick-start-forked-buewe

Here is the relevant part:

<template>
  <md-tabs>
    <md-tab :id="1" md-label="A">A</md-tab>
    <md-tab :id="2" md-label="B">B</md-tab>
    <md-tab :id="0" md-label="C">C</md-tab>
  </md-tabs>
</template>

Tabs do not appear in the order "A B C", but in the order "C A B".

Possible Solution

I think this is due to the implementation of storing tabs in an Object and using its keys:

https://github.com/vuematerial/vue-material/blob/dev/src/components/MdTabs/MdTabs.vue#L81

      MdTabs: {
        items: {}
      },

I think you could resolve this by using a new Map() instead of a raw {}.

I base my assumption on this test:

a = {}; a["c"] = ""; a["a"] = ""; a["b"] = ""; Object.keys(a);
// Outputs ["c", "a", "b"]

a = {}; a[1] = ""; a[2] = ""; a[0] = ""; Object.keys(a);
// Outputs ["0", "1", "2"]

a = {}; a["1"] = ""; a["2"] = ""; a["0"] = ""; Object.keys(a);
// Outputs ["0", "1", "2"]

a = new Map(); a.set(1, ""); a.set(2, ""); a.set(0, ""); a.keys();
// Outputs MapIterator {1, 2, 0}

[slaout]

Here is an additional side-effect of using an Object and Object.keys:

<md-tabs>
  <md-tab id="a1" md-label="A">A</md-tab>
  <md-tab id="a2" md-label="B">B</md-tab>
  <md-tab id="a3" md-label="C" v-if="additionalColumn">C</md-tab>
  <md-tab id="a0" md-label="D">D</md-tab>
</md-tabs>

On component mount, additionalColumn is false, and displayed tabs are "A B D"... When additionalColumn becomes true, displayed tabs are in the wrong order: "A B D C"

You can play with this code here:
https://codesandbox.io/s/vue-material-quick-start-forked-7z11t

[slaout]

Hello,

I've noticed the "help wanted" tag.
So you are OK to make the tab-ordering breaking-change as described?
If I look at it and open a pull request, it could be accepted and released "quite soon"?

Best regards, and thanks for the great work you've already done,
Sébastien Laoût.

[marqbeniamin]

Hi, yes if you come with PR and it is ok, we will accept it.

[slaout]

Hello, just to let you know I've finally got time to start working on it... I have a somewhat working solution for numeric IDs, but I would like to also solve the problem of tabs being toggled on and off in the middle of the bar, and this would change the solution a lot. This is still a work in progress: I'll keep you posted as I advance...

[slaout]

Happy new year: here is my (late) Christmas present: the pull request:
#2298

[slaout]

Hello @marqbeniamin

I see you are very busy. I hope it's because of good personal (or professional) projects.

Is there anything I can do for you to ease the PR validation?