Also, since was merged in...

Also a +1 for being able to re-order and even remove other sidebar entries.

I don't want search as a top-level sidebar entry, search isn't more important than my projects, it's an ancillary tool, not a "category".

I don't want want filters as a top-level thing... these are just smart folders with a pre-defined filtering category.

I want to quickly & easily get to my data when I use the app, I don't want visual clutter or snags which every time I use the app trigger the thought "why is __this__ thing here, I don't want it here, I didn't ask for it here, but here it is poking me in the eye when I just want to do my task". 😉

It's almost 2025, adding a +1 here...

I'm trying out Noteplan as a replacement to Things... it's so close in many respects and beats it in many others.

But being able to manage sorting to meet my needs instead of being forced into the paradigm imposed by the developers is one of those things which is killing it's chances!

Imagine a "normal" person downloads it from the app store, they try to sort stuff in the side bar like any usual person expects (using as an example) and they're implicitly told "no, you can't manually sort, instead use this archaic, file system sorting method... oh, and make sure that you use the imaginary number because on some file systems comes after ".

Like, I said... it's almost 2025. AI will take my job in the next few years but here I am, being forced to manual sorting using imaginary numbers in file names instead of just using normal, everyday UX patterns.

✌

this and chronological sorting are very important to me

this is a problem that I and many others have with other Note apps as well. It's a simple concept but extremely important to users, so much so it can play a significant part in their decision to keep using an app or not. This is because in many people's systems, the order of folders/notes can be directly linked to logical grouping and more importantly Priority. I'm not sure if the importance of this ability is being downplayed or if it is difficult to implement, but it would be disappointing if it didn't make the cut.

Really wishing I could just... manually order my folders/notes... Confused as to why this isn't yet possible

Manual sort should be available in all apps with lists of items. Scrivener is the gold standard

I would even be good with the need to still prepend folder names with numbers to force sorting - but then have the UI hide a certain pattern.

For example, if NotePlan decided to use the pattern -##- and then I named my folders

-10-First Folder

-20-Second Folder

-21-Third folder

And then the UI hid the -##- portion of the folder name so in the sidebar I only see

First Folder

Second Folder

Third folder