Feb 14, 2016 12:11 PM
Is there a way to reorder the items in a link column? Right now, they display in the reverse order in which they were entered, and I can’t find a way to change the order other than deleting and re-adding. It would be handy to be able to control the order in which they display.
Feb 16, 2016 07:27 AM
Noticed the same thing and did it manually myself as you described. +1 for this to get a look from devs.
Feb 16, 2016 08:11 AM
We’re working on it! :slightly_smiling_face:
Feb 16, 2016 08:27 AM
Awesome, thanks for the feedback!
Is it possible for the Airtable employees to be visibly recognizable on these forums? Like a badge or name in a specific color, etc.
Feb 26, 2016 07:07 PM
Just saw this. Thank you guys very much!
Mar 01, 2016 02:56 PM
Could the reordering be automatically based to the order in the linked table, or a specific view of that table?
Jun 18, 2016 09:22 AM
Expand the record and drag and drop them into a different sequence.
That does it for me, but did I misunderstand?
Jun 01, 2017 12:49 PM
Any update to this? We have an ordered list that gets created then we need use that list in a formula to build the reference name. This doesn’t work properly for us as the formula for the ARRAYJOIN reverses the order of the items in our ordered column. We need the data to be displayed in the order desired otherwise it becomes very confusing for the users/viewers.
Nov 26, 2018 07:20 AM
Is there a solving that problem?
Nov 29, 2018 01:45 PM
This is probably a simple solution because what ever order you give to item a,b,c it is always displayed as 3,2,1 therefore the alphanumeric order is just reversed. But it need to be attended and apparently it’s not considered urgent…
Aug 09, 2019 07:43 AM
Converting a comma-separated list to a Linked Record clearly reverses the order, which is undesirable behavior when order matters.
“Rehabilitation Center, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy”
clearly becomes
“Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Center”
Interestingly enough, when I copied the linked record field into this message, it reverses it yet again.
I looked throughout the community for a workaround to no avail. Any updates here? Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
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Aug 09, 2019 10:03 AM
Adam, If you add a lookup field of the “list field” it will reverse the order. In other words it will appears in chronological order. You can then use this lookup field for displaying the correct order; first to last unlike linked field where last link is always displayed first… Good luck.
Dec 30, 2019 02:22 PM
Hi, has this issue been addressed yet? I’m still seeing the same issues on linked tables. The lookup ‘work around’ doesn’t link to the source data which I’d like to retain. How can this be addressed?
Thanks Ben
Dec 30, 2019 10:46 PM
Hi @ben_L, have a look at this reply it might help you. Lookup integer sorting order
Jan 21, 2020 03:38 PM
2020, we need an update on this issue. Array ordering is very important, and the UI suggests order can be retained. However the API just returns the plain reverse order, messing with any system that depends on Airtable.
We need an official backing this up, and documenting this mess. I cannot send editors around now manually reversing every list they have created, if this is clearly a bug and should be fixed on Airtable side.
What is the official stance on this? Please don’t let this die in the useless self-help forums…
Jan 21, 2020 10:14 PM
Hi Lukas, I don’t think it’s a bug. It is quiet logical to have the last link on top of the list. Now the solution is very easy and you don’t have to manually change the order but instead create a Rollup field that will come in the opposite order of the linked field. Just read my previous post just above yours. we use my solution for printing packing lists and it is the only solution that I’m aware of right now. When I contacted support last year they were not even aware that it could be a problem. Good luck.
BTW a Rollup field always comes into reverse order… I hope they will never fix the rollup order otherwise we’ll be screwed.