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Is there a way, using the SDK, to order photos in a collection or other source. I can't find any reference to sort order in the SDK, can it actually be done?
Checking out John's Any Filter plugin, it looks like adding photos to a new collection is the way to go.
It would be nice to have more comprehensive sorting in LR though
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Checking out John's Any Filter plugin, it looks like adding photos to a new collection is the way to go.
It would be nice to have more comprehensive sorting in LR though
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To build on Kimaldis' reply, the custom order of photos in a collection created from the SDK is the order in which photos are added to the collection. If you want to change the custom sort order of an existing collection, you'll have to delete all the photos from the collection and re-add them in the desired custom order. (That can be problematic with very large collections, since LR uses an inappropriate O(n^2) algorithm for deleting from a collection.)
The SDK doesn't allow a plugin to change the current ordering of the Library grid and the filmstrip, e.g. from View > Sort > Capture Time to View > Sort > File Name. So if your plugin wants to present a custom order to the user, it should display a message with the do-not-display-again option, e.g. "Remember to do View > Sort > Custom Order".
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