Note sorting only partially works #97

operative2503 commented 2026年06月11日 17:57:18 +02:00

I have my vault set to sort notes manually rather than alphabetically. I have found that I can drag the notebooks around and drop them as a sub-notebook under an existing notebook, however I am unable to simply move existing notebooks up or down in the list.

Additionally, once I've moved a notebook as a sub-notebook, I can no longer drag it back out to once again become a top-level notebook. The only way I have found to do that is to move the notebook in the Windows file system, which obviously also moves it within Helix.

I would expect that the intention is that any notebook can be moved to anywhere in the list hierarchy when the Helix is set to as Manual sorting, but that is not my experience so far on Windows.

I have my vault set to sort notes manually rather than alphabetically. I have found that I _can_ drag the notebooks around and drop them as a sub-notebook under an existing notebook, however I am _unable_ to simply move existing notebooks up or down in the list. Additionally, once I've moved a notebook as a sub-notebook, I can no longer drag it back out to once again become a top-level notebook. The only way I have found to do that is to move the notebook in the Windows file system, which obviously also moves it within Helix. I would expect that the intention is that any notebook can be moved to anywhere in the list hierarchy when the Helix is set to as Manual sorting, but that is not my experience so far on Windows.

davi-jorge-art commented 2026年06月11日 18:35:22 +02:00

@operative2503 wrote in #97 (comment):

I have my vault set to sort notes manually rather than alphabetically. I have found that I can drag the notebooks around and drop them as a sub-notebook under an existing notebook, however I am unable to simply move existing notebooks up or down in the list.

Additionally, once I've moved a notebook as a sub-notebook, I can no longer drag it back out to once again become a top-level notebook. The only way I have found to do that is to move the notebook in the Windows file system, which obviously also moves it within Helix.

I would expect that the intention is that any notebook can be moved to anywhere in the list hierarchy when the Helix is set to as Manual sorting, but that is not my experience so far on Windows.

On Windows , what I managed to do is to drag a notebook to be a chield folder of another , not change it's location on the list....Same as you...The only way I managed to do such a thing is to drag the notebook all to the top "Notebooks" , drop it there than it goes to the top level , don't know exactly in which order....

On Android I just managed, with a lot of effort ,
to move just one, one time. No more than that.... Using syncthing. Win 11 Android 13

@operative2503 wrote in https://codeberg.org/ArkHost/HelixNotes/issues/97#issue-5773055: > I have my vault set to sort notes manually rather than alphabetically. I have found that I _can_ drag the notebooks around and drop them as a sub-notebook under an existing notebook, however I am _unable_ to simply move existing notebooks up or down in the list. > > Additionally, once I've moved a notebook as a sub-notebook, I can no longer drag it back out to once again become a top-level notebook. The only way I have found to do that is to move the notebook in the Windows file system, which obviously also moves it within Helix. > > I would expect that the intention is that any notebook can be moved to anywhere in the list hierarchy when the Helix is set to as Manual sorting, but that is not my experience so far on Windows. On Windows , what I managed to do is to drag a notebook to be a chield folder of another , not change it's location on the list....Same as you...The only way I managed to do such a thing is to drag the notebook all to the top "Notebooks" , drop it there than it goes to the top level , don't know exactly in which order.... On Android I just managed, with a lot of effort , to move just one, one time. No more than that.... Using syncthing. Win 11 Android 13

ArkHost commented 2026年06月19日 10:10:14 +02:00

This should be fixed in the newest version. Closing this issue

This should be fixed in the newest version. Closing this issue

davi-jorge-art commented 2026年06月25日 03:25:43 +02:00

It's still not working on Windows or Android...

It's still not working on Windows or Android...

operative2503 commented 2026年06月25日 10:35:59 +02:00

This has been my experience as well. Not working on Windows beyond being able to make a folder a child of another folder.

This has been my experience as well. Not working on Windows beyond being able to make a folder a child of another folder.

ArkHost commented 2026年06月28日 15:59:35 +02:00

Hello,

This has been fixed in v1.3.3

Closing this issue.

Hello, This has been fixed in v1.3.3 Closing this issue.