There are now Ajax methods which let you drag and drop to reorder lists. However, we'd have to think how to prioritise sorting on due date, creation date etc, or a manual sort order.

This is a big piece of functionality that I feel is missing in getting me to easily determine what the true next action is for any given project (though even without this it has been a great success for me in organizing my life). Might I suggest the following sortings:


Home or Context View:


1. Due date

2. Order of action within project (so for a date group all of the true 'next actions' will sort to the top)

3. Project order number (meaning that the top 'next-action' aside from the date sorting will be the one marked as 'next' for the highest project in that hierarchy)

Project View:


1. Order of action within project

2. Due date



This would insure that when looking at a project that I can set the actions in a logical order and they will continue to appear that way within that view regardless of due date though when looking at a summary view (such as contexts view) the date is more important and takes precedence in the sort.

Creation date is less useful (to me) as a sorting mechanism as it has little context to when the action needs addressed.

Thanks again for all of your efforts, they are very appreciated.

I'll have a think about this, perhaps when I work on dependencies within project (e.g. #185).

This would also be helpful for inserting a new next action into a project if you didn't think of it when initially setting the project up. I often add a bunch of next actions, then remember one that should be at or almost at the top of the list. I don't see any easy way to add that in tracks right now.

Not sure if this is a new idea, but wouldn't it be possible to have one or more nullable "depends on" field on actions? This would give a clear sorting order at least for actions that have true dependencies on each other. For independent actions, the displayed order may not be that important?

the depends on feature is a known enhancement request.