Home Library sort order

Feature Suggestions
1

Like in a video, there is a sort order, so you can name your video one thing, but then have it sorted by a different name.  I'd like that on the home screen.  I have Movies and TV shows, but I also have Kids Movies and Kids TV shows (so I can restrict them to just those).  Well kids stuff comes first and it would be nice to put those on the bottom.

 

Example current:

 

Kids Movies

Kids TV Shows

Movies

TV Shows

 

Example with sort order:

 

Movies (sort name Adult Movies)

TV Shows (sort name adult TV Shows)

Kids Movies (sort name zKids Movies)

Kids TV Shows (sort name zKids TV Shows)

 

I know this seems minor and lazy, and it might be, but it's something that would be really nice.

 

Thanks

2

This is a total work-around... but I have discovered that you can somewhat control the sorting of Home Screen Libraries by putting a "space" before the name of a specific Library and it will at least appear at the top of that Library type.

Take a quick look at this old thread for example:  https://forums.plex.tv/topic/128138-what-determines-the-order-of-libraries-on-main-menu/

It's not what people want (sortable entries), but it might allow you to do what you want for now.

3

Hey thanks Rock Star!  That works better then "Adult" in the front.

4

I think I've seen another thread asking for this functionality somewhere. I'd definitely be a fan of this. I'm not sure if they would have to implement it at the server or client level, but I'd love to see it either way. Would be even better if they could be sorted by each user. Maybe we wouldn't even need a sort name, they could just allow us to sort them by drag and drop or something.

Also, while I'm as lazy as the come, I don't think laziness is the main motivation for this (speaking of, I do have a "Fitness" library that gets used far less than my "TV Shows" library...so maybe laziness is a factor for me haha). It's really just about efficient navigation, which increases usability. Besides, if you look at something like Amazon (or really any online retailer), they don't list their departments alphabetically, and they shouldn't.

I'll try to find the other thread(s) so we can try and get all the likes in one place. This is a minor thing, but it should be fairly simple compared to other requests the devs are working on, so hopefully it'll catch their attention for a quick win.

5

Hey thanks Rock Star!  That works better then "Adult" in the front.

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6

I'll try to find the other thread(s) so we can try and get all the likes in one place. This is a minor thing, but it should be fairly simple compared to other requests the devs are working on, so hopefully it'll catch their attention for a quick win.

I'd vote for it... if I haven't already.

Thanx.

7

Guess none of the other threads have gotten much love in terms of likes, but hopefully we're bringing more attention to the request.

Looks like folks are being directed to like this page (i.e., they've been locking down duplicate threads): https://forums.plex.tv/topic/66712-sort-order-for-sections/

These are some of the other threads for reference (though, be sure to like the thread linked above):

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^^^ Liked them all  ^^^   (just in case)

9

^^^ Liked them all  ^^^   (just in case)

Good man!

10

A sort order would be nice. At the moment i have solved it by adding numbers to each category:
 

1 - TV Shows

2 - Movies

3 - Animated

4 - Music

etc...

11

A sort order would be nice. At the moment i have solved it by adding numbers to each category:

1 - TV Shows
2 - Movies
3 - Animated
4 - Music
etc...

That's how I have always done it, it actually looks quite nice indicating library number.
The only difference is I don't use the dash, instead just 1. 2. 3. 4.
12

Early 2021 clean-up: implemented (pin/unpin/order libraries in main navigation)