UX: Always show the current user at the top of the directory

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/directory-item.js.es6

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export default Ember.Controller.extend({
+  me: Discourse.computed.propertyEqual('model.user.id', 'currentUser.id')
+});

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/users.hbs

@@ -20,16 +20,16 @@
             {{/if}}
           </thead>
           <tbody>
-            {{#each item in model}}
-              <tr>
-                <td>{{user-small user=item.user}}</td>
-                <td>{{number item.likes_received}}</td>
-                <td>{{number item.likes_given}}</td>
-                <td>{{number item.topic_count}}</td>
-                <td>{{number item.post_count}}</td>
-                <td>{{number item.topics_entered}}</td>
+            {{#each item in model itemController="directory-item"}}
+              <tr {{bind-attr class="item.me"}}>
+                <td>{{user-small user=item.model.user}}</td>
+                <td>{{number item.model.likes_received}}</td>
+                <td>{{number item.model.likes_given}}</td>
+                <td>{{number item.model.topic_count}}</td>
+                <td>{{number item.model.post_count}}</td>
+                <td>{{number item.model.topics_entered}}</td>
                 {{#if showTimeRead}}
-                  <td>{{unbound item.time_read}}</td>
+                  <td>{{unbound item.model.time_read}}</td>
                 {{/if}}
               </tr>
             {{/each}}

app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/directory.scss

@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@
       vertical-align: top;
     }
 
+    tr.me {
+      td {
+        background-color: scale-color($highlight, $lightness: 50%);
+      }
+    }
+
     th.sortable {
       cursor: pointer;
       white-space: nowrap;

app/controllers/directory_items_controller.rb

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ class DirectoryItemsController < ApplicationController
 
     result = DirectoryItem.where(period_type: period_type).includes(:user)
 
+    if current_user.present?
+      result = result.order("CASE WHEN users.id = #{current_user.id.to_i} THEN 0 ELSE 1 END")
+    end
+
     order = params[:order] || DirectoryItem.headings.first
     if DirectoryItem.headings.include?(order.to_sym)
       dir = params[:asc] ? 'ASC' : 'DESC'
@@ -18,6 +22,8 @@ class DirectoryItemsController < ApplicationController
       result = result.includes(:user_stat)
     end
     page = params[:page].to_i
+
+
     result = result.order('users.username')
     result_count = result.dup.count
     result = result.limit(PAGE_SIZE).offset(PAGE_SIZE * page)