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Provide different options for sorting favorites - Discussion
You can sort favorites alphabetically today in Edge. To do so, navigate to edge://favorites. Right click in the gray space to access the context menu and click on the "Sort by name". This performs a onetime sort of items in a folder. If a new item is added to the folder, it is placed at the bottom of the list. To have that item sorted into the list, perform the “Sort by name” action again.
We hear your feedback and have plans to make this option easier find within Edge and to add additional options. The Favorites team is always looking to listen to feedback and improve these experiences. Would you like to sort by name in favorites in other parts of Edge? Are there other ways Edge can help you sort favorites?
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Elliot Kirk, one thing I don't like much about Microsoft Edge is edge://favorites in address bar. While knowing address and enter it in browser is nice feature but I don't like to see it like address bar and it would be nice if it shows professional way instead of address. Something similar to address bar in Windows Explorer.
So back to topic for Favorite sorting, I would like share the following feedbacks:
Ability to Sort A-Z and Z-A , please consider sorting for mix scenario like Arabic and Korean alphabet mix with English and options to set sorting when we have mix list of Arabic and English or other language and set first sort Arabic, then English based on alphabet vice versa and ability to set category like Arabic and list of sort and English list of sort.
We need ability for custom sorting , so user could drag and drop and sort out they way they want and save it as custom sorting and put a name for it. Let say I have my own logic and do my own sorting and want to save it as Sort 1 and Sort 2 (two different ways of sorting) with drag and drop.
Ability to sort based on date of creating favorites.
Ability to sort based of frequently of visit, so count how many times we visit each favorite website and sort them on based on number of visit.
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Reza_Ameri-Archived wrote:one thing I don't like much about Microsoft Edge is edge://favorites in address bar. While knowing address and enter it in browser is nice feature but I don't like to see it like address bar and it would be nice if it shows professional way instead of address. Something similar to address bar in Windows Explorer.
it's not unprofessional, it's a simplified and modern way to navigate between different areas of Edge and Chrome/Chromium.
it's also easier when trying to help someone by giving them the URL to them to paste in their address bar instead of saying: "go here, then go there, then click this and click that"
you can see the full list here: edge://about/
Windows Explorer also uses the similar syntax (e.g D:\Folder\folder2\file)
HotCakeX in Windows Explorer, when you click on the top it shows as address but when you navigate, it is different style. It is good idea to have navigation but I am referring to UI and UX and I want show it like menu instead of address and when click on it show address (like Windows Explorer).
Can you have a better design consistency and revert back to the color scheme for the favorites folder? Yellow folders are a bad color, especially on dark theme Elliot Kirk
There is a reason no one used yellow folders on the web.
Searching in the address bar doesn't return enough results from favorites. 3 results is too low, it should be at least 6. And as human, we search for name of favorites, not URL. The search algorithm look for URL instead of names of the favorites to provide results.
Yannick Plavonil wrote:Can you have a better design consistency and revert back to the color scheme for the favorites folder? Yellow folders are a bad color, especially on dark theme Elliot Kirk
There is a reason no one used yellow folders on the web.
Can't agree more!
Yellow folders need to be gone.
- not sorting related but I think it would be nice if there were an option to exclude root folders from being searched in the omnibox so bookmarks in a reading list (for example) wouldn't show up as suggestions in the omnibox.
- I also like how in Old Edge, favorites management was no-nonsense. You didn't need to put favorites in a folder, as you could keep them at the root, and simplify things. I find it useless to have to put my favorites in the "Other favorites" folder if they don't belong in the Favorites bar. Why can't they just be at the root folder, like in Old Edge?
Would like to see the ability to simply right-click in Edge Favorites and select "Sort Alphabetically" like you can do in old Edge.
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Jack1000 wrote:Would like to see the ability to simply right-click in Edge Favorites and select "Sort Alphabetically" like you can do in old Edge.
Sort by name is the same as sort alphabetically
plus It's not something to do all the time, hence that option being here: edge://favorites/
instead of right-click, you go to favorites
- this doesn't have to do with sorting but i'm posting this here in hopes that other people see this: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/right-click-on-search-results-in-edge-favorites-to-show-the/m-p/1097746
- Not really sure if this goes here, but I'd really love it if New Edge uses the same favorites pane system that Old Edge used. New Edge uses just one long dropdown list that looks ugly and is terrible for touchscreen devices. It also does not have a scrollbar, and is just one long scrolling list. Old Edge's favorites pane looked clean and was great for using on a touchscreen device.
- I have a touchscreen laptop and I don't have any issues with the favourites/bookmarks manager (edge://favorites or chrome://bookmarks) and prefer it over Spartan's pane. Are you referring to the dropdown in the favorites/bookmarks bar that lets you see all other bookmarks that don't fit in the bar? If so, I wish that had a scrollbar too.
- I'm talking about the favorites button, and the dropdown that shows when you press it. It's not as intuitive as the page system in Old Edge. Although, the full-page favorites page is nice. But not as quick as Edge's favorites pane.
Elliot Kirk Can I suggest folders are displayed in the classic desktop folder color, as the flat color scheme adds unnecessary cognitive load on the user(moi :))
Rainier Amara wrote:Elliot Kirk Can I suggest folders are displayed in the classic desktop folder color, as the flat color scheme adds unnecessary cognitive load on the user(moi :))
Hi,
They made the change in the latest Edge canary and dev channels 🙂
- By request, favorites folders are now yellow.
- they are different to the file explorer icons, office, mdl2/fluent and to the onedrive icons. why couldn't they be consistent for once?!
Just make Favorites work like the old Edge. What I miss most is the ability to stick my Favorites List to the side of the browser window and work with them like files in a folder. I have a lot of favorites across a lot of folders - making the new Edge expandable drop-down list very tedious to use.
A sort by create time will be a nice option.
Now we can sort favorites from time order to alphabet order, but can`t get it back.
I use sprucemarks chrome extension to do that now, but I think we need this option integrated.
- And by Ascending and Descending for each of the above. And then add the ability to Sort below the current line or line the carat is in, this allows the ability to have a big ol pile of favorites in favorite bar and sort most but not all of them with some manually placed favorites at the top.
Jason_Han wrote:A sort by create time will be a nice option.
Now we can sort favorites from time order to alphabet order, but can`t get it back.
I use sprucemarks chrome extension to do that now, but I think we need this option integrated.
Exactly my thoughts!
Elliot Kirk One option I need is to ensure that even if you sort by name, that all folders sort at the top. I don't want folder mixed in with individual items. I'm guessing there are people with different preferences, so it should definitely be an option (sort folders with items, sort folders to top, sort folders to bottom).
But over-all, the things I want and need from favorites and favorites bar are mostly there... drag-and-drop to re-organize, search for an item (I have literally a thousand items, some in folders, some folders nested, some at top level, etc.), and most importantly: when I"m on a page that's in my favorites anywhere, not only should the star light up, but when I open the favorites list, it should be highlighted in that list. As an example: I have a folder with two dozen sites I check daily. I want to easily be able to open favorites and see exactly where I left off, so I can easily click the next. Obviously, I don't want the contents of that folder sorted. Sorting should be on-demand (not automatic), and should be by folder, or at the top level for everything.
