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Copper Contributor

May 09, 2019

Manually sorting To-Do tasks and turning off sort order

Help - this is driving me crazy.... I want to be able to sort my tasks manually (ie, not in one of the order options - alphabetically, creation date, etc) I am able to drag and drop tasks int...

grant_jenkins

Iron Contributor

Jun 02, 2019

Don Slater

I was struggling with this too.

Rob Weiss posted the solution to this in a UserVoice related to manually sorting To-Do tasks.

"You can turn off Sort by clicking the x in the sort header bar at the top of the list. then you can sort manually"

banthonywhite

Copper Contributor

Jun 23, 2019

grant_jenkins

I tried this and it doesn't seem to work that way for me. When the X in the sort header bar is clicked, the only thing that happens is the Sort By bar is hidden. I was unable to manually sort.

Perhaps I missed something or don't understand your solution. Can you elaborate?

JavaBeans
Copper Contributor
Nov 23, 2019
banthonywhite I feel your frustration - If I can't manually sort, this product is useless..

After deleting the X associated with the sorting choice in the header, I closed out of To Do and then restarted the app. Then the manual sorting was available.
- Ellen Finkelstein
  Copper Contributor
  Dec 24, 2019
  JavaBeans Thanks, closing and then re-opening it (on my PC computer) worked. It's a double Easter egg! Thanks!
- Aaron88
  Copper Contributor
  Nov 27, 2019
  JavaBeansNo matter what I try, I can't manually sort the Important list. Is this expected behaviour? Many thanks.
  - JavaBeans
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 27, 2019
    Aaron88 , Once I select the "X" on the list to turn off the sorting, the system will not allow me to sort manually. But then I close the To Do application entirely, then restart the application. It works then.
    
    Good luck!