Arrange, re-order Library swatches?

[jeffery wright]

Why would this be a difficult thing to do?

Shouldn't it be as easy as drag and drop?

Why isn't it?

Does anyone know how this is achieved?

Thanks.

[Myra Ferguson]

I'm able to reorder swatches in my Libraries by dragging and dropping in Photoshop version 20.0.0 on Windows 10. Which version are you using?

[jeffery wright]

19.1.6 on Win10 Enterprise.

Were you able to do that with previous versions?

Thanks.

[Myra Ferguson · Accepted solution]

That wasn't available in earlier versions. The new version also supports making your own groups in your Libraries.

[jeffery wright]

Perfect, leave it to Adobe to consider adding what should have been available in their program ages ago, as an upgrade... naturally this means I get to deal with opening the can of worms that usually accompanies the experience of updating their products, namely:

Exit Code: 190

-------------------------------------- Summary --------------------------------------

- 2 fatal error(s), 0 error(s), 0 warnings(s)

FATAL: Sanity check for installation failed. Current OS version 10.0.14393 doesn't satisfy OS requirements.

FATAL: Error occurred in install product workflow with error code 190 error message

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I'd rather simply get some work done. Sanity check, indeed.

Thanks for taking a crack at this, happy holidays.

[Myra Ferguson]

Oh no! You'll need to upgrade your OS to Windows 10 1709 or later for the October 2018 (20.0) release -  Photoshop system requirements

In the meantime, here's a workaround. In the Libraries flyout menu in the upper right, you can set it to Sort by Name. Add a number to the beginning of the name of each asset in the order you want them to appear.

[Michael5ED9]

Mac OS Monterey 

Like many others I can't seem to re-order a list of named client colours in a CC Library group but now, using your workaround, it's worked a treat so thanks for that, Myra.

[Cris Wiegandt]

For me it's not working.

I'm using Photoshop CC 20.0.6

on mac OS 10.13.6

[upsidedowncatfish]

Not working for me either. Photoshop 21.0.1 on Mac OS 10.15.1. 

[Cris Wiegandt]

since the update, it's working for me. 

so weird! 

[tvan]

Is there a drag and drop reorder feature for libraries yet? My swatches are all trapped in a weird order and I can't reorder them without renaming.