status sort order

src/tt/controller.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import json
 from datetime import datetime
 from peewee import fn
 from .db import db, Task, Category, TaskStatus, SavedSearch
+from peewee import Case, Value
 
 
 def category_lookup(category):
@@ -44,6 +45,15 @@ def update_task(
     return task
 
 
+def _get_status_order(status_field):
+    # CASE statement that maps each status to its position in the order
+    order_case = Case(
+        status_field, [(status.value, Value(i)) for i, status in enumerate(TaskStatus)]
+    )
+
+    return order_case
+
+
 def _parse_sort_string(sort_string, model_class):
     """
     Convert sort string like 'field1,-field2' to peewee order_by expressions.
@@ -57,8 +67,13 @@ def _parse_sort_string(sort_string, model_class):
         is_desc = field.startswith("-")
         field_name = field[1:] if is_desc else field
 
-        # special handling for due_date with COALESCE
+        if field == "status":
-        if field_name == "due_date":
+            sort_expressions.append(
+                _get_status_order(Task.status).desc()
+                if is_desc
+                else _get_status_order(Task.status).asc()
+            )
+        elif field_name == "due_date":
             expr = fn.COALESCE(getattr(model_class, field_name), datetime(3000, 12, 31))
             sort_expressions.append(expr.desc() if is_desc else expr)
         else:

src/tt/db.py

@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ db = SqliteDatabase(
 
 
 class TaskStatus(Enum):
-    ZERO = "zero"
+    # order is used for sorting
     WIP = "wip"
     BLOCKED = "blocked"
+    ZERO = "zero"
     DONE = "done"