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Inspiring
October 20, 2017
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P: Ability to sort by custom user order

  • October 20, 2017
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I would like to switch to the new Lightroom CC, but being able to sort images in my collections/albums by Custom/User Order like I can in Classic is an absolute requirement for my workflow.

71 replies

Inspiring
March 9, 2018
Does anyone have an update on when this basic feature will be available?
Inspiring
January 13, 2018
I think what Adobe is doing is trying to force us to sort based on a logical order (time, filename, etc).  I want to sort based on any illogical order I feel...like Lightroom Classic.  But that is an argument of semantics and yes I agree, its useless without this feature.
Inspiring
January 13, 2018
I am also freaking flabbergasted that Adobe left this out of CC.  If I want to simply rearrange my images I have to go between two programs (CC w/ web or mobile or classic).  Why would I use this outside of its syncing/backup ability that I can do easily although manually vs using incomplete software?  Outside of using another program, this is like 1991 basic stuff where the program only sorts by data.

I agree with Sharon that CC is useless without a custom sort order that is based on whatever whim I have and not some type data (rating, file number, capture date, etc) and without using a secondary system (web/mobile) to do the sorting.
Inspiring
January 5, 2018
The workaround that was suggested to me recently is set the custom order of your album in Lr Web, which will sync to LrCC when you select the custom order option of the album. 
Inspiring
December 13, 2017


Lightroom albums are useless to me if photos can only appear chronologically and can't be reordered. That's absolutely basic for any application claiming to cater to creative photographers. Unless that changes, Lightroom CC is also useless to me, and I need to continue to use the desktop app.
Inspiring
November 14, 2017
This omission is daft. Even Google Photos has a good implementation of managing album photo custom order.
Inspiring
October 31, 2017
The product is useless without sorting photos in a logical order.
Victoria Bampton LR Queen
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 26, 2017
Just didn't quite make it in time for the deadline, among all of the other priorities Mike. Since it's in the mobile/web apps, I'd expect it to be a high priority.
Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
Inspiring
October 26, 2017
custom sort order is available in web version of lightroom, so why not in lightroom CC?
Victoria Bampton LR Queen
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 20, 2017
Great request jlucca, custom sort is high on my list of priorities too.
Victoria - The Lightroom Queen