diff --git a/Sorting.md b/Sorting.md index 8db6885..8065ee6 100644 --- a/Sorting.md +++ b/Sorting.md @@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ You can sort notes one time by right-clicking parent note in the note tree, Adva ## Automatic / permanent sorting -**This documentation applies to 0.49 and later. In previous versions `#sorted` worked alphabetically** +Child notes can be kept sorted by attaching [[labels|Attributes]] to the parent note: -Child notes can be kept sorted by attaching `#sorted` [[label|Attributes]] to the parent note. +* `#sorted` - enables sorting, can optionally include name of the note's property/label (see details below) +* `#sortDirection` - by default ascending, set it to `desc` value to reverse the sort order +* `#sortFoldersFirst` - notes with children will be sorted on top Sorting works by comparing note property or a specific label on the child notes. @@ -16,7 +18,7 @@ There are 3 sorting levels, where the first one has the highest priority and the 2. sorting by child's property or a specific label defined on the parent note's `#sorted` label a) parent note has `#sorted` with no value - by default sorting will be done alphabetically b) parent note has `#sorted=title` or `#sorted=dateModified` or `#sorted=dateCreated` - sorting will be done based on the defined note's property - c) parent note has `#sorted` label with any other value - this value is the name of the child note's label whose value will be used for sorting. So e.g. you set `#sorted=myOrder` on the parent note and then child notes will have labels `#myOrder=001`, `#myOrder=002" etc. + c) parent note has `#sorted` label with any other value - this value is the name of the child note's label, whose value will be used for sorting. So e.g. you set `#sorted=myOrder` on the parent note and then child notes will have labels `#myOrder=001`, `#myOrder=002" etc. 3. sorting of "last resort" is alphabetical All comparisons are made string-wise - e.g. "1" < "2" or "2020-10-10" < "2021-01-15" but also "2" > "10". \ No newline at end of file