I’ve search around these forums for a way to sort my projects by name other than manually.
I found one post that said to go to “Organize->Sort One->(choose sorting field)” which exists except the sorting field list is all greyed out. My projects are all in folders, so I tried
Selecting top level folder, both expand and collapsed.
Not selecting any folder.
Selecting collapsed folders - this sorts the folders but not the projects under them.
Selecting expander folders and their contents - this sorts folders and their contents
It looks like there is a way to sort selected items with some effort. Is there a better way? I browsed preferences and didn’t see any option to let the application sort things for me, but perhaps I missed the option or maybe there is a script out there that could do it for me.
I don’t generally sort by name, but I just gave it a try in the Projects perspective. Here’s what I find, using a test build of OF 3.14.4:
If I select projects in the outline and then choose Organize > Sort Once > By Name, the tasks within each project are sorted alphabetically, not the projects.
If I select projects in the sidebar and then choose Organize > Sort Once > By Name, the projects are sorted alphabetically.
If you’re using a perspective that automatically sorts by specific criteria, then the Sort Once options are grayed out.
If you want to sort projects you will need to select them first then use “sort once”. I do this regularly with my clients folders to keep them in alphabetical order.
