# Unsorted entries in main window vs. sidebar

**URL:** <https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/unsorted-entries-in-main-window-vs-sidebar/50269>\
**Category:** DEVONthink\
**Created:** [September 22, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/unsorted-entries-in-main-window-vs-sidebar/50269 "2019-09-22T14:13:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![FatMan](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/d2c977/32.png) [@FatMan](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/FatMan)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/unsorted-entries-in-main-window-vs-sidebar/50269/1 "2019-09-22T14:13:27Z")

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I have unsorted checked, but in the View-\>Sort menu (or in the dropdown) it also shows “Ascending” checked at the same time. In the main window, it has my preferred sorting, but in the sidebar the same folders are sorted differently, using Ascending (it won’t let me drag to reposition folders)

(just upgraded to DT3)

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/unsorted-entries-in-main-window-vs-sidebar/50269/2 "2019-09-22T14:41:31Z")

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You have **Unsorted** checked… where?

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**Author:** ![FatMan](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/d2c977/32.png) [@FatMan](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/FatMan)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/unsorted-entries-in-main-window-vs-sidebar/50269/3 "2019-09-22T14:56:16Z")

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In the View --\> Sort menu, as well as the dropdown menu in the top right of the window, it has Unsorted as well as Ascending checked. Shouldn’t it be one or the other?

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/unsorted-entries-in-main-window-vs-sidebar/50269/4 "2019-09-22T17:31:09Z")

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The View menu and Sort dropdown apply to the item list, not the Navigate sidebar.  
**Control-click** a database in the sidebar and choose **Sort \> Unsorted**.

Note: Just as there’s only one Sort method applicable to the item list in a window, there is only one Sort method that applies to all open databases in the Navigate sidebar.

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**Author:** ![FatMan](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/d2c977/32.png) [@FatMan](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/FatMan)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/unsorted-entries-in-main-window-vs-sidebar/50269/5 "2019-09-22T17:52:17Z")

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Got it, thanks, I don’t know how I missed the right-click, I thought I tried that

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/unsorted-entries-in-main-window-vs-sidebar/50269/6 "2019-09-22T18:19:55Z")

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You’re welcome 🙂

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**Author:** ![gravytop](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/gravytop/32/31935_2.png) [@gravytop](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/gravytop)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 1:20am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/unsorted-entries-in-main-window-vs-sidebar/50269/7 "2019-11-06T01:20:20Z")

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When I choose unsorted from the context menu in the sidebar, why do the entries rearrange themselves? And what determines the order of this “unsorted?” list? Thx!

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**Author:** ![cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/cgrunenberg/32/7172_2.png) [@cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/cgrunenberg)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 8:13am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/unsorted-entries-in-main-window-vs-sidebar/50269/8 "2019-11-06T08:13:20Z")

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The Unsorted order is the order in which the items were added to/created in their enclosing group.