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Layer list wont alphabetize

Paul King
Mentor
Hi - I am really having trouble getting layers with the first few letters *identical* to appear together in the layer drop down list

Even clicking on the layername field button at top of list does not sort the layers by name! -

Very frustrating when even the first letter is ignored by sort
- screenshot attached.

What is the solution? Is this a known bug?

Cheers

Paul King

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PAUL KING | https://www.prime.net.nz
ArchiCAD 8-27 | Twinmotion 2023
Windoze 11 PC | Intel Core i9 10900K | Nvidia Gforce RTX 3080 | 32 Gb DDR3 | 2x4K monitor extended desktop
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Barry Kelly
Moderator
Paul wrote:
Hi - I am really having trouble getting layers with the first few letters *identical* to appear together in the layer drop down list

Even clicking on the layername field button at top of list does not sort the layers by name! -

Very frustrating when even the first letter is ignored by sort
- screenshot attached.

What is the solution? Is this a known bug?

Cheers

Paul King
Looks like the first group of "Plan" layers has a space in front of the name.

Its a good trick for organizing when you don't want them to be in alphabetical order.

Barry.
One of the forum moderators.
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Paul King
Mentor
Well spotted!
That was exactly right. I have been using this standard template with those layer names for years & never noticed it before!

At 1600x1200 and with such a small font it is very hard to pick unless you are looking for it (my excuse anyway!)

I was looking for a much more complicated explanation - silly me 😉

Thanks

Paul
PAUL KING | https://www.prime.net.nz
ArchiCAD 8-27 | Twinmotion 2023
Windoze 11 PC | Intel Core i9 10900K | Nvidia Gforce RTX 3080 | 32 Gb DDR3 | 2x4K monitor extended desktop