Use different sorting for different tags

Bear feedback Feature Request
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Hi devs, thank you for all of the work you do to make Bear such a phenomenal app. One small feature request: it would be amazing if we could set different sorting rules for different tags – I sort my notes by modification date, but I have a situation where I’d like to sort the notes under a particular tag by title. Thank you so much!

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Big +1 here! I’ve definitely needed this as well.

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I’ve seen a couple of posts about this and want to add my +1. Use case is like many others: creating a journal in Bear requires a different sort order (I use alphabetical by note title) than what i usually want (modification date).

Other than that, just switched from Evernote and so far love the app!

Regards,
Martin

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This is what I miss most from Notes. Here are options I’d consider useful in order of desirability, in case any of them could be quickly implemented:

  1. Being able to set and forget the sort order for each tag and sub-tag
  2. Having the all notes view always be most recently changed, but then being able to set a sort for the rest; I tend to use reverse alpha for everything else (I lead all my notes with yyyy/mm/dd) and usually the only reason to leave that sort is to see view the all notes list
  3. Make the sort direction sticky for each sort style – right now, when I want to switch to reverse alpha, I have to make two trips to the sort menu, even when the last used alpha sort was reverse
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+1 from me. At least differentiate between tag and “All notes” sorting. This would increase the value of the different lists immensely!

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A big +1 from me. I have some tags that I’d like to sort alphabetically, and others that I’d like to sort by title or modification date. It would be very helpful if the application remembered the last sorting rule applied, so I don’t have to apply it manually every time.

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+1 from me as well. I have to change the sorting order every time because, for some tags, the creation date makes sense, but for others, it’s the title.

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+1 from me as well. I have to change the sorting order every time because, for some tags, the creation date makes sense, but for others, it’s the title.

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Plus one for me too. Especially useful for long form writing with different sections in different notes

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+1
I would also add that it would be helpful for the default sections, too; i.e. Untagged, Todo, Today, Locked, Archive, Trash.