Cannot sort items in Outliner! Help needed

Scrivener Scrivener for Windows
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Hello

I need to sort items in outliner view. I’m using Windows 7.
In the outliner, sorting items by title, created date, modified date… etc is not possible.
When I click or double click on any column’s header nothing happens.
I searched this issue in forums and learned that this feature is available, and you just have to click and it sorts documents accordingly.

I tried everything in the options, but to no avail.
I’m in the evaluation period, and haven’t purchased the software yet.
Could this be because I’m not using a registered version?
Or is this functionality unavailable in the first place?

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Sorting in the outliner is one of those Mac only things at the moment.

It’s coming for Windows, but likely not until the next major (2.0) release.

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Thank you

Any idea when such release will be ?

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This is of utmost importance to me.
I’d be very thankful if you tell me when to expect this feature to be added.

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Nobody knows. Well, maybe L&L do, but they haven’t said.

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Even we don’t know yet. :slight_smile: We always try to stress that one should purchase the software that is in front of them, on its own merits, not based on what it will/might become. Granted with the Windows version that road map is much more clear, but given that there is no schedule of features, it may be a while. The Mac version didn’t have outline sorting for about four years, and it’s been the same for the Windows version.

Meanwhile, I don’t know why you are wanting to sort things, but if it is to find groups of similar items, consider the powerful Project Search feature. If you want to find a bunch of items marked “To Do” with their status, you can search specifically for that and return a list of just those items—even save that search for future use, all from the magnifying glass button in the search tool.