# Feature request - By-Notebook sorting preference

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-by-notebook-sorting-preference/3233>\
**Category:** Features\
**Created:** [19 August 2019 19:49 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-by-notebook-sorting-preference/3233 "2019-08-19T19:49:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 14\
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**Author:** ![bcook75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@bcook75](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/bcook75)\
**Post date:** [19 August 2019 19:49 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-by-notebook-sorting-preference/3233/1 "2019-08-19T19:49:54Z")

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In the Windows (and Android) clients, there are (for my taste) plenty of sorting options, but I would like to be able to specify a default sort for any specific notebook, apart from the default sort for the app overall. (e.g. I use Evernote, soon-to-be-Joplin) for my journal and title each entry with the date (in ISO format for good sorting, yyyy-mm-dd) and want the sort order to be in Reverse order By Title so my entries are in date sequence regardless of when any note was created or updated. Generally, I want most other notebooks to sort by Create date or maybe Modified date most of the time.

Bart

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**Author:** ![Rado1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Rado1](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Rado1)\
**Post date:** [21 August 2019 10:05 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-by-notebook-sorting-preference/3233/2 "2019-08-21T10:05:12Z")

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+1 for such feature

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**Author:** ![jonnydee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/jonnydee/32/4611_2.png) [@jonnydee](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/jonnydee)\
**Post date:** [11 August 2020 14:18 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-by-notebook-sorting-preference/3233/4 "2020-08-11T14:18:40Z")

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I would also appreciate such a feature for the same reasons.

I am also maintaining a journal where all notes in that notebook simply have the date as their title (BTW, I also use format yyyy-mm-dd). Obviously, sorting by title in reverse order makes most sense because, otherwise, I would have to scroll down more and more in order to access the latest journal entry.

In notebooks containing notes about a specific matter I’d prefer alphabetical sort order (ascending).

Currently, I am using Joplin for my journal the most, so I configured descending alphabetical sort order application wide. But it’s really a drawback for all my other notebooks where I’d prefer ascending order most of the time.

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**Author:** ![dfwdraco76](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/dfwdraco76/32/13318_2.png) [@dfwdraco76](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/dfwdraco76)\
**Post date:** [16 August 2020 22:56 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-by-notebook-sorting-preference/3233/5 "2020-08-16T22:56:58Z")

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I’d like this as well.  
I have some notebooks where alphabetical (title) makes sense, others where I want a custom sort, and still others by creation date.

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**Author:** ![alexxnz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/alexxnz/32/4738_2.png) [@alexxnz](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/alexxnz)\
**Post date:** [17 August 2020 00:44 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-by-notebook-sorting-preference/3233/6 "2020-08-17T00:44:14Z")

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another +1 for this functionality

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**Author:** ![Ameise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@Ameise](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Ameise)\
**Post date:** [1 September 2020 12:24 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-by-notebook-sorting-preference/3233/7 "2020-09-01T12:24:15Z")

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another +1  
Especially for all the all notes view i would prefere a different sorting (by date) than the rest of my notebooks (by name)

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**Author:** ![Wendell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Wendell](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Wendell)\
**Post date:** [10 October 2020 18:42 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-by-notebook-sorting-preference/3233/8 "2020-10-10T18:42:24Z")

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+1 Tossing my coin in the fountain here for this feature.

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**Author:** ![rafikiphoto](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/rafikiphoto/32/164_2.png) [@rafikiphoto](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/rafikiphoto)\
**Post date:** [10 October 2020 20:43 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-by-notebook-sorting-preference/3233/9 "2020-10-10T20:43:21Z")

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#Me Too

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**Author:** ![Tesselation-Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@Tesselation-Z](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Tesselation-Z)\
**Post date:** [14 December 2020 22:46 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-by-notebook-sorting-preference/3233/10 "2020-12-14T22:46:58Z")

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Very much interested in this feature too

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**Author:** ![Leigh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/leigh/32/28126_2.png) [@Leigh](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Leigh)\
**Post date:** [11 September 2021 15:28 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-by-notebook-sorting-preference/3233/11 "2021-09-11T15:28:12Z")

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Me too!  
I would like to be able to sort my 'main' notebook by Updated Date and my 'tasks' notebook a Custom order where I can move the tasks up and down

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**Author:** ![TaoK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/taok/32/16175_2.png) [@TaoK](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/TaoK)\
**Post date:** [8 February 2023 08:35 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-by-notebook-sorting-preference/3233/12 "2023-02-08T08:35:47Z")

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It's probably worth noting here that this feature was delivered in Joplin Desktop, as the "Toggle own sort order" property of Notebooks - sometime in early 2022 I believe.

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**Author:** ![Medullitus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/medullitus/32/19316_2.png) [@Medullitus](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Medullitus)\
**Post date:** [20 February 2024 23:05 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-by-notebook-sorting-preference/3233/13 "2024-02-20T23:05:14Z")

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Unfortunately, the feature is not working for "All Notes." Other notes need to be adjusted manually. And do you know what the problem is? The "Reverse Sort Order" setting is buggy.

For "All Notes," I want the notes with the most recent "Updated Date" to appear at the top, so I check the "Reverse Sort Order" option. In my other notebooks, I choose the "title" sort order, but since I want them to start from "A," I don't check the "reverse sort order." But guess what happens. In "All Notes," because "Reverse Sort Order" is checked, other notes also start appearing in reverse alphabetical order after a while!

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**Author:** ![xxyxxyxyx1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/xxyxxyxyx1/32/11302_2.png) [@xxyxxyxyx1](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/xxyxxyxyx1)\
**Post date:** [21 February 2024 09:32 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-by-notebook-sorting-preference/3233/14 "2024-02-21T09:32:48Z")

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I have also found the "reverse sort order" to be buggy, but in a different way: it seems to randomly become un-set for individual notebooks. This happens only after days of usage. I have not posted a bug because I cannot reproduce the problem.  
I do not use the "all notes" feature.

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**Author:** ![Medullitus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/medullitus/32/19316_2.png) [@Medullitus](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Medullitus)\
**Post date:** [21 February 2024 11:07 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/feature-request-by-notebook-sorting-preference/3233/15 "2024-02-21T11:07:13Z")

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Hello,

Thank you very much for sharing your message about the situation. I have opened a topic reporting this bug. Maybe we actually have the same issue. Can you also write in the topic I opened, detailing your issue, to draw the attention of the developers and find a solution? Regards...

> [@"Reverse Sort Order" setting is buggy](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/reverse-sort-order-setting-is-buggy/36016/3):
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> First of all, thank you for your response. I am doing what you suggested, and everything seems fine at first glance. However, after a while, the notes in the "x" notebook, which should be sorted alphabetically from a to z, change to be sorted from z to a. This is not applicable to all notebooks; it happens randomly in some notebooks. The issue may seem complex, but developers familiar with the coding system might be able to test the problem differently. Each time, I express my respect for Jopli…