Sorting a board
Five sort modes, each ascending or descending, set independently per board.
Sorting is a property of one Board, not of the application. That is the point: different boards want different orders.
Open the Sorting submenu from the Board menu.
| Mode | Order |
|---|---|
| Manual | The order you dragged icons into |
| Name | Alphabetical by display name |
| Type | Grouped by file type |
| Size | By file size |
| Date | By date created |
Each automatic mode has an ascending and a descending direction, chosen from the same submenu.
Manual order is a real order#
Manual does not mean unsorted. Dragging an icon within a board sets its position, that position is stored in config.json, and it survives restarts. Switching to an automatic mode and back returns the manual arrangement you had — it is remembered, not discarded.
Choosing per board#
A worked example of why per-board sorting exists:
- Installers — by date, descending. The one you just downloaded is at the top.
- Projects — by name. You know what it is called, so you can find it.
- Today — manual. It is a work surface; things are where you put them.
What sorting does not do#
Sorting changes the drawing order of icons inside a board. It does not rename, move, group or touch any file, and it does not change which board an icon belongs to. See Board membership.