I have a problem with the new QGIS version (2.16.0 or 2.16.1 Nodebo). I want to sort numeric values in the attribute table by clicking on the field name. But in contrast to older QGIs versions the attributes are not sorted correctly. It feels like QGIS recognizes it as text. but in the layer properties under fields it says the attributes are numeric (double or integer).
QGIS – Why Are Numeric Values in Attribute Table Not Sorted Correctly?
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It's a bug that has been fixed.
You can either update your QGIS LTR version, or sort the values manually.
Click and drag any row and place it in any order, like you would rearrange the layer order.
A feature request has already been submitted for this issue:
At the moment, the only way to add comments is during field creation. But the comments are not saved. This is mentioned in the link by one the main developers, Matthias Kuhn:
... there is an editable field but its content is discarded right away and nowhere saved to. So IMO this is a GUI bug fix that it's now readonly and adding comments would be a feature request.
Best Answer
This is a bug in QGIS 2.16.0 and 2.16.1 and has been reported in the bug tracker.
It has been resolved and 2.16.2 will no longer suffer from this problem.