Files order under a project

Question

Hello,
Usually this is not a problem, but sometimes, when I add a file under a project, the files order just becomes alphabetical, whereas I want the files to be ranked by the date I added them under the project. I have tried by "Sort by", but there is no way I can sort by date... just other options like "due date", etc., but this is not helpful as I never add any due date to my projects.
How can I "reset" this? This used to be good, I must have clicked on a wrong button. I tried "reset window layout", but this doesn't change anything as this is used for something else I think.
As some of my projects include more than 100 files, it's making it difficult for me to find my files easily.
Thanks!

Paul Filkin · Answer

Hi Amandine Leonard , 
 
Are you sure you used to be able to do this? I have checked back a few versions and I'm fairly sure it has never been possible to sort files by the date you added them by virtue of an automatically added date in a date column. 
 
You can set delivery dates and sort on these for example? Or you can rename the files with a date at the front of the name... so maybe use something like "180117 - filename" for today's date and that way sorting is always easy. You could probably use a renaming tool to manage this or if you know how to develop create a plugin that automatically adds and removes the dates for you.

Paul Filkin · Answer

Hi Amandine Leonard , 
 
Understood... I think the addition of the date is the best way for you to handle this. You could log an idea to have this feature if it's not there already in the ideas site: 
 
 http://ideas.sdl.com

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Files order under a project