# \[Feature Request\] Smart Collections Missing features **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [July 23, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-smart-collections-missing-features/731277 "2021-07-23T18:17:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-smart-collections-missing-features/731277/2 "2021-07-23T18:55:47Z")
Smart collections are supposed to be sorted through the sort configuration set when editing the filters. As for their display mode… smart collections will never hide their items – however they respect the display with regards if an individual smart collection is listed in-line of your main library or hidden (=only visible in the collections tab). Plex have commented that the `Advanced` tab of those smart collections has yet to obtain a clean-up (=remove the sort field, only offer display mode parameters that actually apply to smart collections). # There’s a very recent suggestion to support filtering by smart collections: > [@Advanced Filter by Custom Collection](https://forums.plex.tv/t/advanced-filter-by-custom-collection/730830): > > If I create a custom collection, I cannot use advanced filters to filter by that collection. I would like to. Example: I make a custom collection called “Capes” Match any of the following: Studio is “Marvel Studios” Studio Is “DC Comics” etc I would like to make a custom collection called “No Capes”: Collections is not “Capes” But my custom collection “Capes” does not show up as an option. Only the fixed collections from the metadata source appear in the filter UI. As a workaround I ha… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-smart-collections-missing-features/731277)._