Adding and sorting

Hi again!

I have very long lists (movies/series/books/comics to watch/read) and I would like to be able to add tasks in a exact position (items are sorted by interest). It would be possible? Maybe using id numbers? Or maybe a new value?

For example: I have one hundred books sorted from 1 to 100 and I want to add a new book in the 22th position. Now I would add the task and move it manually going through various pages of tasks to place it under 21th task. A little bit complicated…

I imagine something like writing a number with a symbol when adding a task and the tasks under will change their number (something like when you sort channels in a tv :sweat_smile:

I don’t know if it will be useful in other case scenarios or if somebody would find it useful too.

Thank you!

Greetings,
ifrit

It is possible to do this, but only via the api - there’s a position property you can specify when creating or updating a task.

If someone wants to contribute this as an addition to the quick add magic, I’d be happy to merge a PR.

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I don’t have a direct answer, but I had a couple ideas:

  • Would using the Kanban view provide sufficient sorting? Having multiple columns that scroll independently of each other might make it easier to drag the task to the right spot.
  • Could you use a Dewey Decimal-like system by adding a number before each title and then sorting by title in the table view?