Files/Folders/Sidebar items manual ordering

This is the most inflexible sidebar in any app I use.

Please implement this. I really need this.

+1 to this!

Also, since `Option to reorder the sidebar` was merged in... Also a +1 for being able to re-order and even remove other sidebar entries. I don't want search as a top-level sidebar entry, search isn't more important than my projects, it's an ancillary tool, not a "category". I don't want want filters as a top-level thing... these are just smart folders with a pre-defined filtering category. I want to quickly & easily get to my data when I use the app, I don't want visual clutter or snags which every time I use the app trigger the thought "why is __this__ thing here, I don't want it here, I didn't ask for it here, but here it is poking me in the eye when I just want to do my task". 😉

It's almost 2025, adding a +1 here... I'm trying out Noteplan as a replacement to Things... it's so close in many respects and beats it in many others. But being able to manage sorting to meet my needs instead of being forced into the paradigm imposed by the developers is one of those things which is killing it's chances! Imagine a "normal" person downloads it from the app store, they try to sort stuff in the side bar like any usual person expects (using `finder` as an example) and they're implicitly told "no, you can't manually sort, instead use this archaic, file system sorting method... oh, and make sure that you use the imaginary number `00` because on some file systems `2` comes after `10`". Like, I said... it's almost 2025. AI will take my job in the next few years but here I am, being forced to manual sorting using imaginary numbers in file names instead of just using normal, everyday UX patterns. ✌

this and chronological sorting are very important to me

this is a problem that I and many others have with other Note apps as well. It's a simple concept but extremely important to users, so much so it can play a significant part in their decision to keep using an app or not. This is because in many people's systems, the order of folders/notes can be directly linked to logical grouping and more importantly Priority. I'm not sure if the importance of this ability is being downplayed or if it is difficult to implement, but it would be disappointing if it didn't make the cut.

Really wishing I could just... manually order my folders/notes... Confused as to why this isn't yet possible

Manual sort should be available in all apps with lists of items. Scrivener is the gold standard

I would even be good with the need to still prepend folder names with numbers to force sorting - but then have the UI hide a certain pattern. For example, if NotePlan decided to use the pattern -##- and then I named my folders -⁠10-First Folder -⁠20-Second Folder -⁠21-Third folder And then the UI hid the -##- portion of the folder name so in the sidebar I only see First Folder Second Folder Third folder

Eduard Metzger There are a few duplicates I think, we should combine them to make this case stronger - https://noteplan.canny.io/general-feature-request/p/filesfol… - https://noteplan.canny.io/general-feature-request/p/rearrang… - (maybe) https://noteplan.canny.io/general-feature-request/p/favorite… Really hoping this is going to happen at some not too distant future 🙏

Ability to at the very least pin specific files to the top of the list is really necessary.

WANT very much!

+1000 this is a fairly essential option for my workflow. In other apps, I am often rearranging files and folders based on priority, visibility and other statuses. Using naming to accomplish something similar is painful. Perhaps allow manual ordering of folders only to start?

It would be great to have the option to be able to manually sort the Notes section.

Anton Sklyar, reminded by Rob Grace's comment, you mean on iOS? Because we got a sort by preference on Mac under View in the menubar. I didn't add it to iOS though, however the preference syncs. It's a good point to add it also to iOS. It allows you to sort by title and achieve what you write about. Completely custom sorting is not built in because it's not supported by the filesystem (Finder), so I would have to add some custom solution on top of it.

This is only a limitation on mobile, the Mac version allows changing the sort order. But let's leave this ticket open to remind Edward (he's aware of it). If you have both, set the sort order on the Mac and it will synchronize to mobile