Sort the library your way
The library has a Sort button now. Sort by date taken, name or rating, keep another sort for one folder, and put an album's photos in your own order.
A folder opens newest first, which suits a shoot you are about to cull. It suits less well when you are looking for a file by its name, or want your five-star photos at the top. The library now has a Sort button for that, and a folder or an album can keep the order you put its photos in.
Pick a sort
Open Litria and open a folder. Sort sits above the grid, beside More options. Choose what to sort by:
- Date taken, from the capture date in each photo.
- Name, by file name.
- Rating, by stars.
- Custom, the order you set by hand. The menu offers it in an open folder with no subfolders shown and no filters on, and in an album.
For the first three, choose Ascending or Descending too. The grid reorders straight away. The filmstrip in the editor shows the photos in the same order.
The sort applies across the library. Choose Rating in one folder and every folder you open after it is sorted by rating too.
On a phone, Sort is the first section of the Filters sheet.
Keep a sort for one folder
Some folders need their own order. A scanned roll of film reads best by file name, while your shoots read best by date. Open that folder, turn on Only this folder, then pick its sort. That folder keeps its sort from then on, and whatever you choose elsewhere leaves it alone.
Put photos in your own order
In an open folder with no subfolders shown and no filters on, and in an album, you can move the photos yourself:
- Drag a photo to its new place, and the others move aside.
- Move focus to a photo and press Alt with an arrow key.
If the folder or album is sorted by date, name or rating, moving a photo switches it to Custom, starting from the order it showed. A notice says so and offers Undo.
Put an album in order
An album can hold photos from any folder, in whatever order tells the story. Albums live in your account, so you sign in to make one. Open the album on its page and edit it there. Its toolbar has its own Sort button: sort the album by Date taken, Name or Rating, or move the photos by hand as above. Visitors see the order you chose.
A draft album shows Publish. Once it is published, the new order goes live with Update, like any other change to the album.
Open Litria
Open Litria in Chrome or Edge, or download the desktop app. Open an album and put its photos in order.