# How do I force folders to show up first in result?

**URL:** <https://discussion.listary.com/t/how-do-i-force-folders-to-show-up-first-in-result/916>\
**Category:** Archived\
**Created:** [September 24, 2013, 6:06am UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/how-do-i-force-folders-to-show-up-first-in-result/916 "2013-09-24T06:06:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![ajfudge](https://discussion.listary.com/user_avatar/discussion.listary.com/ajfudge/32/160_2.png) [@ajfudge](https://discussion.listary.com/u/ajfudge)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 6:06am UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/how-do-i-force-folders-to-show-up-first-in-result/916/1 "2013-09-24T06:06:30Z")

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This has been the biggest problem I had since 3 versions prior.  
Whenever I try to search for items in Projects, the results always display folders at the bottom or in the middle of the list. It’s not that big a deal until I encounter a search result with a long list of hits. This used to be the case with “List” result also but the new version seem to have fixed it. But in Projects, it still is a bummer.  
So how do I force folders to show up first in results? I prefer it that way and the last version that does it that way is v4.01.1296.

Here’s a sample:  
 ![](http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee83/ajfudge14/screenshot%20workarounds/listary/searchresult.jpg)

Project keyword is port and the result showed me a bunch of files in the result and the folder is at the end of the result. I could just simply push the up button, but in cases where I get many result from multiple sources (i.e., List, Project) the it becomes annoying as the folders with even exact matches get buried in the middle. I would like to emphasize that this no longer happens in current folders, just in Projects.

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**Author:** ![Channing](https://discussion.listary.com/user_avatar/discussion.listary.com/channing/32/5497_2.png) [@Channing](https://discussion.listary.com/u/Channing)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 7:20am UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/how-do-i-force-folders-to-show-up-first-in-result/916/2 "2013-09-25T07:20:57Z")

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I’m working on this. Result sorting will be optimized.