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It's been a long time coming, but you can finally sort your lists (yay! :) The blog post is here.
Click the button on the top right of the list or Smart List to sort by priority, due date, or task name (the preference for each list is automatically saved, and the print view sorts the same way too).
It's a pretty basic sort for now, but we're open to ideas of other ways that people would like to customise sorting options. :)
Posted at 6:57am on August 1, 2007
THANK YOU!!!!!!
While it is basic, and while it doesn't support specifying secondary (and tertiary) sorting order, not only is top-level sort by date a huge improvement IMO, but I appreciate that it seems to default to using priority as the secondary sorting field when you do sort by date.
I also appreciate that it seems to remember your sort preference per list, and across logins.
A very good start, thanks again.
Posted at 9:25am on August 1, 2007
says:Oh happy day! I think this will be a real boon to new users, who are likely to expect a date-sort, and for other users with complex needs who can use their own keywords and the alphabetic sorts to accomplish some clever things.
Thank you!
[Like zukanov, I think about multiple sorting criteria, and I also think about sorting by other criteria (e.g., location, creation date, etc., but those are refinements.]
Please send along our thanks to the vast RTM development team.
Posted at 1:52pm on August 1, 2007
says:Emily - you guys rock!
I'm not sure if I'm going to get much done today since I'll be sorting all my lists!
This is an excellent addition to RTM.
Posted at 5:11pm on August 1, 2007
Thanks!
I have one more request: Is it possible to sort by Task Creation Date? This is especially useful if a task does not have a due date.
Posted at 6:08pm on August 1, 2007
Thank you! What a great feature to this already great web-app!
Posted at 7:24pm on August 1, 2007
says:Sorting by creation date would be very handy, as would by number of times postponed.
Many useful sorting suggestion in this old thread...
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/forums/ideas/279/
Posted at 7:37pm on August 1, 2007
says:The forum regulars will have to pick up a new "cause" now that sorting is there. Thanks! I love that it is per list/smartlist. This will add a new level of organization for us all to take advantage of.
Posted at 10:19pm on August 1, 2007
says:WOOOOO HOOOOO!
Posted at 9:12pm on August 2, 2007
A custom sorting option would be nice: Sorting by Drag & Drop.
Posted at 2:33pm on August 5, 2007
I still believe sorting according to a tag prefix would be neat. I.e set tag-prefix to be "p-" or "@" in the settings-section, and choose "tag-prefix" as sorting option, and RtM would sort the list according to the rest of the tag matching the given prefix.
Such a sorting option could be used to further extend the GTD scheme within RtM, as it could be used in the combination of a smart search on tags starting with "@ " denoting location, and then using the sort option to sort it alphabetically within the location. Or similarily with "p-" as prefix, denoting that a task tagged with "p-something" belongs to the project "something".
And this would easily allow those of us wanting to have lists in two levels.
(And to really top it of, it would be great to have the option to display a intermediate title whenever the prefixed tag changed, i.e from "p-something" to "p-tada")
Posted at 9:33pm on August 5, 2007
says:+1 for sort by Date Added - I assume this is equivalent to Rambarton's suggestion of sorting by 'creation date'.
Thanks for adding another very useful feature!!
Posted at 2:35pm on August 6, 2007
says:@Ranbarton - sorry for the typo on your screenname.
Thanks for pointing out the old thread, as you say it includes a several other suggestions which might now have a chance to see the light of day!
Posted at 2:40pm on August 6, 2007
says:No offense taken, luc0zade. I answer to nearly anything.
I'm often struck by how many good suggestions are in the old, dead forum threads, and I try to bring some of them back into focus now and then.
Posted at 3:57pm on August 6, 2007
says:Hello RTM,
Best wishes for 2008.
I'm hoping that this year Bob will find the time to 'sort by date added'...
Thanks anyway for all your hard work maintaining a excellent service.
Cheers.
Posted at 2:51pm on January 9, 2008
says:+1 year for sort by Date Added ;-)
I'm sure Bob and the others are really busy but this would be useful ... or is there a workaround which I haven't yet found?
Keep up the good work!
Posted at 3:36pm on August 19, 2008
says:+1 sort by creation date
Posted at 7:09pm on August 21, 2008
Please add "sort by date added"!!!
Posted at 3:58am on August 23, 2008
says:I'm pulling for sort by tag. Right now, in order to do this, I have to put the "project" as the first word of the task in order to see things together in a list (search is nice, but then I'd have to search for each individual tag of my work projects - not nearly as easy or fast as running my eyes down one list). Having the tag functionality is great, but seeing tasks grouped my way is more important, so I just end up using my own "tag prefix" method instead of RTM's tag functionality.
Posted at 1:26am on October 3, 2008
Forget fancy sorting, I agree with this thread, Sorting by due date doesn't properly sort day's tasks. Showing my immediate action items (and potentially overdue items) above my items with a time seems like the wrong implementation of sorting.
Posted at 2:14pm on October 7, 2008
says:Hi
I would like to be able to sort be date created as well.
I will sign up for a pro account if it is added ;-)
Thanks, Kenneth
Posted at 10:50am on October 17, 2008
says:+1 for sort by creation date.
This would be *extremely* useful for GTDers.
Thanks very much. :)
Posted at 3:31pm on October 21, 2008
says:The solution here, I suppose would be giving much more sort control to the user.
Is the sort functionality not handled via the client's browser? I can take a look at the massive amount of JS to verify it, but I would venture a guess that it does.
I don't know whether building multi-level sort functionality (if the user's thought process requires it) is a monumental task on the dev-end but for anyone using RTM for GTD, it seems to me that not allowing for FIFO breaks (or at least contorts) the system.
Is there any chance I could get an ETA for it?
Thanks for all your hard work. :)
Posted at 4:14pm on October 21, 2008
says:Addendum: I do recognize that GTD is functional with both FIFO and LIFO systems but I think giving the user the ability to make that decision will only make RTM a more useful product.
Posted at 4:18pm on October 21, 2008
says:Oops, I've broken rule three of the Reply Policy. Sorry. My intention is to strike up the conversation again. Sorry. (Sorry, Canadian.) Sorry.
Posted at 4:22pm on October 21, 2008
How about: Sorting by hand? Drag and drop the tasks the way you want?
Posted at 12:58pm on October 29, 2008
A sort that I'd be interested in is a date sort with most recent first. (What I really want is a way to get a list of tasks due X days before today, but the next best thing would be being able to sort my overdue list to put the most recently missed tasks on top.)
Posted at 1:55am on December 28, 2008
I like it, but sorting by due date puts tasks that are due at specific times below tasks due at nonspecific times (which are equivalent to midnight). This seems to run contrary to expected behavior, at least for me.
Posted at 9:44pm on March 10, 2009
says:Please enable sort by tag (s)! We really need to have a view of all tasks grouped together based on their tag (s).
Thank you...
Posted at 6:07pm on July 2, 2009
+1 for sort by tags !
It would be useful for fast reviewing of your context (which you create as "tags") in a GTD point of view.
Posted at 4:21pm on August 4, 2009
Sort by date added would be really great!
Posted at 1:48pm on August 11, 2009
+1 for sort by tags, preferably after sorting by priority :)
Posted at 11:59pm on August 17, 2009
+1 for sort by tags, this would be very useful for me.
Posted at 6:49pm on August 18, 2009
says:Drug & Drop should be long ago.
It is basic for every to do list.
Posted at 5:10am on August 28, 2009
Sort by date added and/or Drag and Drop would really benefit those of us trying to use Mark Forster's Autofocus system!
Posted at 4:33pm on September 10, 2009
Any way to change the default sort for all of your lists on your account, e.g., Due Date instead of Priority?
Posted at 3:42pm on September 21, 2009
says:Sometimes I forget to put a due date on a task, and it falls to the bottom of my date sorted list. How about an option to list items that are missing a date higher than a due date that is more than 3, 6 or 12 months out?
Posted at 6:31pm on October 20, 2009
says:@bweech If you build a smartlist that includes tasks with dates due within 3 months, or that have no due date, you can see just what you are after and not have future events eclipse things. Works pretty well.
Posted at 2:04am on October 21, 2009
+1
Thanks
Posted at 6:48am on October 22, 2009
