Sort by status order in list view (not alphabetically by status name) | Voters

Sort by status order in list view (not alphabetically by status name)

Matthew Cooley

It would be super helpful for our team if we could sort all tasks across all projects by "status" and have them appear in the order our of our status-flow.
It's currently possible to sort by status in list view, but instead of sorting in order of your status pipeline (as they would be in board view, or everywhere else), the list is confusingly sorted alphabetically by names of statuses.
This means that if your workflow order is INFO > BACKLOG > SPRING PLANNING > CURRENT SPRINT > QR sorting them by status in list view will display them out of order, like this: BACKLOG > CURRENT SPRINT > INFO > QR > SPRINT PLANNING

June 23, 2018

Caroline Ginty

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Hi Voters! Thank you for all the feedback & engagement on this request - we definitely hear you and understand why this is a frustrating experience today when sorting by Status. While I don't have a timeline to share yet, we are actively looking into this!

I can also tell you that, while not an exact solve for this, you can sort Statuses in their intended order when grouping by status in List view. It's a little hidden, but in the 'Group by' menu, if you select Status, you'll see this icon appear, which will allow you to sort the Status groups in ascending or descending order depending on your preference. Again, I know this doesn't solve the issue when you don't want to group, and just want to sort by the Status column, but wanted to surface this functionality as it's not easy to find today.

Nathan George

sorting status by workflow order and not alphabetically is needed

Kenny Kim

Caroline Ginty Any updates? Grouping is not a viable solution.

Dani

Caroline Ginty can you please pull this up and splatter it all over every developer you have's desk and ask them to stop being dense and fix this in 30 minutes?! Nobody on any planet wants to sort statuses alphabetically. 🤦‍♀

Also your work around does not fix this situation at all because the whole point is we need to group by one field and then sort within those sections by status.

Dani

This is the dumbest dumb thing that clickup has ever done. And there are a lot of dumb things that y'all have done 😂

Angus Innes

Please! This is simple Logic! Caroline Ginty please do you have any update or response?

Laura Buker

For the love of all things sane, this should definitely be apriority. This is basic BASIC stuff for a PM tool.

Another example that confirms that tehre is NO way CU are using CU themselves or this would've been resolved years ago.

Jel Fermindoza

Expected and basic functionality for a task management tool but SIX YEARS and counting... Still NOT marked as PLANNED. :|

Michael Brett

Fix this please. It is a huge hole in the product. Some of the fancy stuff you guys are releasing is great. But this needs to sort in the order of the process / status... alphabetical is prehistoric.

John Grattan

This is not a feature request. When creating statuses, we can drag and drop them in our desired order, implying that this order will be reflected in the List view. However, statuses are being sorted alphabetically instead, which is inconsistent and illogical. This behavior is a bug, not a feature request, and must be prioritized for fixing.

Tucker Webb

Hi Caroline Ginty
I appreciate the challenges involved in running a business and handling feature requests, but I’m seeking clarity on the status of the feature we're discussing. When you say that ClickUp is "looking into this," could you please confirm whether you are evaluating its viability as a feature or assessing the complexity of its implementation?
As a community that actively supports and funds ClickUp, it’s important for us to understand the challenges involved in implementing such a feature. Additionally, given the frequent delays (which are understandable in this industry), it would be helpful for paying customers to receive a rough estimate of both the complexity and the potential timeline. Even a general timeframe with a disclaimer that it could take longer would be beneficial.
Please not that comments that go on forever, which I've seen you say many times "we're looking into this", such comments repeated don't do anything for anyone. After awhile, you should be able to give ROUGH deliverables, even if those too will be delayed. We just don't want to keep hearing, that you're looking into this. Nobody even knows what that means anyways unless your more specific. This will make both the users more understanding of clickups roadmap and challenges, as well as make you less stressed by the virtue of giving ridiculous answers repeatedly and wondering why you're getting frustrated customers in return from your responses over time...
Please provide us with some useful feedback with context, and not the same reply of "looking into it". It's ridiculous.

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