#206078 by Pancho, traxer: order roles with system roles first (usability)

modules/user/user.admin.inc

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  * Admin page callback file for the user module.
  */
 
-
 function user_admin($callback_arg = '') {
   $op = isset($_POST['op']) ? $_POST['op'] : $callback_arg;
 
@@ -514,16 +513,10 @@ function user_admin_perm($form_state, $rid = NULL) {
     $role_permissions[$role->rid] = $role->perm .',';
   }
 
+  // Retrieve role names for columns.
+  $role_names = user_roles();
   if (is_numeric($rid)) {
-    $result = db_query('SELECT rid, name FROM {role} r WHERE r.rid = %d ORDER BY name', $rid);
-  }
-  else {
-    $result = db_query('SELECT rid, name FROM {role} ORDER BY name');
-  }
-
-  $role_names = array();
-  while ($role = db_fetch_object($result)) {
-    $role_names[$role->rid] = $role->name;
+    $role_names = array($rid => $role_names[$rid]);
   }
 
   // Render role/permission overview:
@@ -557,7 +550,6 @@ function user_admin_perm($form_state, $rid = NULL) {
   return $form;
 }
 
-
 function user_admin_perm_submit($form, &$form_state) {
   // Save permissions:
   $result = db_query('SELECT * FROM {role}');

modules/user/user.module

@@ -1628,8 +1628,12 @@ function _user_mail_text($key, $language = NULL, $variables = array()) {
  * @return
  *   An associative array with the role id as the key and the role name as value.
  */
-function user_roles($membersonly = 0, $permission = 0) {
-  $roles = array();
+function user_roles($membersonly = FALSE, $permission = FALSE) {
+  // System roles take the first two positions.
+  $roles = array(
+    DRUPAL_ANONYMOUS_RID => NULL,
+    DRUPAL_AUTHENTICATED_RID => NULL,
+  );
 
   if ($permission) {
     $result = db_query("SELECT r.* FROM {role} r INNER JOIN {permission} p ON r.rid = p.rid WHERE p.perm LIKE '%%%s%%' ORDER BY r.name", $permission);
@@ -1642,7 +1646,9 @@ function user_roles($membersonly = 0, $permission = 0) {
       $roles[$role->rid] = $role->name;
     }
   }
-  return $roles;
+
+  // Filter to remove unmatched system roles.
+  return array_filter($roles);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2102,8 +2108,6 @@ function _user_password_dynamic_validation() {
   }
 }
 
-
-
 /**
  * Implementation of hook_hook_info().
  */
@@ -2381,4 +2385,3 @@ function _user_forms(&$edit, $account, $category, $hook = 'form') {
 
   return empty($groups) ? FALSE : $groups;
 }
-