ElCroco 0 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Hi all, There's a feature I terribly miss in Evernote: I need to sort each and every notebook using different rules from its neighbour. Some notebooks could then be sorted by reverse update date, some by title, some by reverse title, etc. Don't think there's any technical issue there, so please, when will upgrade the tool with this feature? Thanks a lot for reading! Link to comment
Level 5* gazumped 12,062 Posted April 10, 2015 Level 5* Share Posted April 10, 2015 Don't think there's a technical problem as such: just how many of the other 99,999,999+ people using Evernote might want to sort their notebooks by different methods... 2 Link to comment
ElCroco 0 Posted April 11, 2015 Author Share Posted April 11, 2015 This is exactly why I think we should be able to sort each and every notebook with its own rules. Some would like to sort alphabetically, some by date, some by reverse date... and change their preferences from notebook to notebook! ;-) Link to comment
Level 5* gazumped 12,062 Posted April 12, 2015 Level 5* Share Posted April 12, 2015 My point was that there are probably also a lot of people who're happy with current setup... 1 Link to comment
Frank.dg 1,385 Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 What they could do, though, is tweak the setup on Windows desktop (as it is with Mac) for easier switching between multiple sorting parameters (i.e. reverse sort order + title). One has to go into the sorting menu twice to get that combination when switching from another sort order. Link to comment
ElCroco 0 Posted April 12, 2015 Author Share Posted April 12, 2015 Hi Franck, I don't understand the tweak you're talking about... What is need is pretty simple: I open notebook A, which is sorted by title/straight, then I switch to notebook B which displays sorted by update date/reverse. Unfortunately, today, Evernote only allows one sort option for all notebooks. Even Windows file explorer allows for custom sorting options on different folders, therefore I'm expecting Evernote to propose this feature... Thanks to all for your feedback. Link to comment
Level 5 jbenson2 2,149 Posted April 12, 2015 Level 5 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Search is Evernote's lifeblood. I would expect search results in a multi-rule environment to be a bit confusing. If notebooks are date-sorted, reverse-date-sorted, alpha-sorted, author-sorted, etc.; the final search results could look like a mess. Evernote would have to also develop a "Search Results Sort Option" to change to a variety of different sort defaults; while still working inside a Windows, Mac, Web, iOS, and Android environment. Sounds simple enough. Link to comment
ElCroco 0 Posted April 12, 2015 Author Share Posted April 12, 2015 Don't agree: I just want notebooks to display in the order I want them to, each time I open the desktop application. This doesn't sound like a mess and has nothing to do with the search functions, which operate over the content. I want to tweak the display, not the content... Link to comment
Level 5 jbenson2 2,149 Posted April 12, 2015 Level 5 Share Posted April 12, 2015 If you never use the Evernote search feature, I might agree. But finding data, when you have 10,000 notes or more, without the search feature is mighty difficult. The vast majority of Evernote users rely very heavily on the search capability.The issue I brought up is: how will the search results be sorted? Link to comment
Frank.dg 1,385 Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Hi Franck, I don't understand the tweak you're talking about... What is need is pretty simple: I open notebook A, which is sorted by title/straight, then I switch to notebook B which displays sorted by update date/reverse. Unfortunately, today, Evernote only allows one sort option for all notebooks. Even Windows file explorer allows for custom sorting options on different folders, therefore I'm expecting Evernote to propose this feature... Thanks to all for your feedback. I was responding to @Gazumped... and mentioned that it would, at the very least, be nice to sort on Windows desktop the way one can on Mac... Too many clicks to sort by 2 parameters. So there is no tweak available... I was asking for a tweak :-) 1 Link to comment
BigBucky 2 Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 I know this is an old topic but it's the first search result when I was looking for a solution. Accidentally found a way to do this on my own. Go into the notebook you want the special sort order. Click "Always use for Notebook "x" and then change the sort order to anything you want. It will only change it for that notebook. You can do this in multiple different notebooks. 1 1 Link to comment
drcwright 2 Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Thanks BigBucky! Was looking for exactly this! Link to comment
DrewG 0 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Is this no longer available? Link to comment
Level 5* DTLow 5,744 Posted October 6, 2020 Level 5* Share Posted October 6, 2020 On 10/5/2020 at 7:04 PM, DrewG said: Is this no longer available? The sort options per notebook is available on the Evernote/Windows platform. edit: (Legacy Product) Link to comment
Bartololo 0 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 On 10/6/2020 at 4:10 AM, DTLow said: The sort options per notebook is available on the Evernote/Windows platform Hi @DTLow could you describe how this can be set in Evernote/Windows? I can;t find option to do that Link to comment
Level 5* DTLow 5,744 Posted January 4, 2021 Level 5* Share Posted January 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Bartololo said: Hi @DTLow could you describe how this can be set in Evernote/Windows? I can;t find option to do that The save-sort options is a feature on the Legacy product (I edited my post) The Version 10 product only supports saving view options, not saving sort options 1 Link to comment
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