[GH-ISSUE #7770] [FR] Grid Select & Multiselect fields should be able to sort in arbitrary orders #3428

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Originally created by @rockerest on GitHub (Apr 17, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/issues/7770

Description

Right now it appears that Select and Multiselect fields - when used in sorts - only function as text fields, and only sort alphabetically.

However, Select and Multiselect fields essentially operate like labels, which means their alphabetical value may not necessarily correspond to their relationship to other items.

For example, imagine a Select with two options: "Ready for Work" and "Done".
In this case, "Ready for Work" conceptually should come before "Done," and sorts of the Grid should reflect that.
At present, the only way to do this is to sort in Descending order.

Now imagine, however, that another option is added: "Being Worked On".

In reverse order, "Being Worked On" will appear last in the Grid. In normal order, it would appear first. There's no way - using just text - to sort these items appropriately.

AppFlowy already supports manually re-arranging the items in a Multi/Select.

The addition for this feature would be to add another option to the Multi/Select field that enables something like "Manual" or "Arbitrary" sorting. Like the Numbers field, Multi/Select would have an additional option like "Sort by" with two options: "Alphabetical" or "Arbitrary". Alphabetical would work like today, Arbitrary would depend on the order of the items in the "Options" subheading.

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Any Grid user, power grid users, project planners

Originally created by @rockerest on GitHub (Apr 17, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/issues/7770 ### Description Right now it appears that Select and Multiselect fields - when used in sorts - only function as text fields, and only sort alphabetically. However, Select and Multiselect fields essentially operate like labels, which means their alphabetical value may not necessarily correspond to their relationship to other items. For example, imagine a Select with two options: "Ready for Work" and "Done". In this case, "Ready for Work" conceptually should come before "Done," and sorts of the Grid should reflect that. At present, the only way to do this is to sort in Descending order. Now imagine, however, that another option is added: "Being Worked On". In reverse order, "Being Worked On" will appear last in the Grid. In normal order, it would appear first. There's no way - using just text - to sort these items appropriately. AppFlowy already supports manually re-arranging the items in a Multi/Select. The addition for this feature would be to add another option to the Multi/Select field that enables something like "Manual" or "Arbitrary" sorting. Like the Numbers field, Multi/Select would have an additional option like "Sort by" with two options: "Alphabetical" or "Arbitrary". Alphabetical would work like today, Arbitrary would depend on the order of the items in the "Options" subheading. ### Impact Any Grid user, power grid users, project planners

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@TulsiLukhi1 commented on GitHub (Apr 21, 2025):

Hey,

I'd love to contribute to this issue! Could you please provide more information ?

@TulsiLukhi1 commented on GitHub (Apr 21, 2025): Hey, I'd love to contribute to this issue! Could you please provide more information ?