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Is there a way to save sort preferences?

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Dennis Bartch

Platform: Windows 10 Enterprise v. 20H2

Browser: Chrome v. 94.0.4606.71 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Does anyone know if there a a way to save my "Files and Folders" sorting preference? I want to retain sort by "Name, ascending" as the default, but cannot find anywhere to save it, so every time I navigate away from a folder and return to it, I have to re-sort by name again. The default seems to be "Updated, descending."

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  • Ivan Arreola

    Thank you Barry,

    Excellent solution! (>‿◠)✌
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  • John Quinn

    Barry Gould - YOU ARE THE BEST

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  • Brittini Fontenot

    Thank you Barry!

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  • Francesco Cinollo

    Whaoooo, this is fantastic, I was going mad about it! Thank you so much Barry!!

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  • Tracy Ivanoff

    Thank you Barry!! Really saved the day here. 

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  • Nataly Ochoa

    Barry you are the man! Thank you! 

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  • Joe Milburn

    Barry Gould you are an absolute star. Thank you so much ✭

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  • Romain Moreau-Gobard

    Shame on Box for not providing this very basic feature, though... 

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  • Janelle Beal

    Here's Barry's comment from p1:

    ok , a bit random , but if you navigate to "All Files" or where you start when you initially login , and set the sort order there  , it will "sticks" when you navigate to other pages.

    ...to set the sort order click on 'Name' at the top of your list of files/folders and it will sort alphabetically.  I've found this stays for some time (a few days to a couple weeks usually) and eventually goes back to sort by date, but then I just go back to All Files page and resort by name and I'm good for a while longer.  

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  • Richie Dapcevich

    Barry, Thank you!  Worked awesome!

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  • Christian Incognito

    Barry Gould - a true Box legend! Thank you!

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  • Duncan Hui

    Box needs to hire Barry. But seriously, having a saved view is essential in a service such as this.

    Our company has decided to move away from Box now.

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  • Davey Sheridan

     Barry Gould Sage wisdom!! Thank you Barry, not only is my Box issue resolved, but this forum thread got me laughing out loud. Thank you everyone :)

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  • Eric Chen

    Thank you Barry Gould
    You saved my day!

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  • Kyla Rose

    Thanks Barry!!

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  • Charmaine

    Two years later...

    Thank you!!!  Barry Gould

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  • Gary Healy

    Cheers Barry!!

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  • Umar Bajwa

    Just found this, great help!

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  • Scott West

    Barry, great work!  Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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  • Patrick Forkin

    Unbelievable. It's been 2 years and there's still not an option to save your sort preference? It sucks I have to organize the folders each time go into a new folder. It's like a completely random sort for no reason?? 

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  • Mohammed Almlla

    You can upvote for this feature here

     

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  • Erick McKesson

    This is absolutely absurd. I might end up cancelling my account for this reason. I'm trying to use box as a data room and this comes off very unprofessional. 

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  • France

    Hi Dennis, 

    Welcome to the Box Community!

    Unfortunately, we don't currently offer the feature you asked about. 
     
    If this is something you would like to be able to do, I would highly recommend submitting this feature request at pulse.box.com! Our product managers review these requests and take them into consideration for future product development.
     
    Best,
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