Sort IDE folder items

I have added a feature request and was wondering if I am alone in wanting it:

When you have a folder of items in the IDE (eg Modules, Pictures, WebStyles, windows, etc) it is a pain to sort them alphabetically.

The sorting happens automatically with Constants, Properties and Events, so why not others.

This could either be:

  1. a preference checkbox to keep each folder’s items sorted automatically, or
  2. when you right-click on a folder, along with Copy/Paste, Make External, etc you would have a Sort Alphabetically option.

<https://xojo.com/issue/57121>
http://feedback.xojo.com/case/57121

good idea.

When you save in text project format, you could sort the lines in the project file yourself, e.g. with BBEdit.

[quote=451306:@Christian Schmitz]good idea.

When you save in text project format, you could sort the lines in the project file yourself, e.g. with BBEdit.[/quote]

can i do it on the xml format?

I had thought that an older verison of Xojo (RealStudio/Basic?) had that as a contextual menu item?

its a ton more fragile and riskier

text projects are just so much easier to manipulate with external editors and use in version control etc