ux(): fixes to cards and sorting plugin list, #4364

pkg/api/plugins.go

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package api
 
 import (
+	"sort"
+
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/api/dtos"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/bus"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/middleware"
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ func GetPluginList(c *middleware.Context) Response {
 		return ApiError(500, "Failed to get list of plugins", err)
 	}
 
-	result := make([]*dtos.PluginListItem, 0)
+	result := make(dtos.PluginList, 0)
 	for _, pluginDef := range plugins.Plugins {
 		// filter out app sub plugins
 		if embeddedFilter == "0" && pluginDef.IncludedInAppId != "" {
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ func GetPluginList(c *middleware.Context) Response {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		listItem := &dtos.PluginListItem{
+		listItem := dtos.PluginListItem{
 			Id:   pluginDef.Id,
 			Name: pluginDef.Name,
 			Type: pluginDef.Type,
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ func GetPluginList(c *middleware.Context) Response {
 		result = append(result, listItem)
 	}
 
+	sort.Sort(result)
 	return Json(200, result)
 }