[Chris]

Is there a way to tell OF to auto-sort the Library alphabetically?

[Greg Jones]

Are you looking for a sorted list of actions for view-only (meaning the actions will not be permanently sorted in the projects)? If so, go to Context view, select Grouping: Ungrouped and Sorting: By Name.

[Chris]

Originally Posted by Greg Jones

Are you looking for a sorted list of actions for view-only (meaning the actions will not be permanently sorted in the projects)? If so, go to Context view, select Grouping: Ungrouped and Sorting: By Name.

I should be clearer. I'm talking about in planning mode, sorting my list of projects (not the actions in the projects) automagically by name. So my list of projects under "Library" would always be sorted by name.

Following your suggestion, though, I see the "Sorting" choice under the "View" menu (which I didn't know about). But this seems to only affect the order in the main pane, not in the left-hand pane. Is there a way to have the display of projects under "Library" automatically sorted by name?

[Greg Jones]

You can do a 'Select All' in the Library pane and then 'Edit>Sort>By Name'. I don't believe it is automatically maintained though. You'll need to insert new projects where they would appear alphabetically in the projects list or execute the sort again.

[Brian]

Chris, I think we have a feature request open on this in our development database - if you send email to omnifocus@omnigroup.com, we can add your feedback to that item, so the team knows you'd like to see this added.

[Chris]

Originally Posted by Greg Jones

You can do a 'Select All' in the Library pane and then 'Edit>Sort>By Name'. I don't believe it is automatically maintained though. You'll need to insert new projects where they would appear alphabetically in the projects list or execute the sort again.

Even if I do that, it still only resorts the items in the main pane, not in the sidebar. I guess I should probably file a bug/feature request on this.

Edit: x-posted with Brian.

[Greg Jones]

If you focus on the sidebar, select all, and then sort using the menu command 'Edit>Sort>By Name' the sidebar will be sorted.