If it's important, consider making duplicate views with alternate grouping and sorting settings, rather that attempt to do the same thing with search lists.
Thanks for the reply
I think I will do that.
If push came to shove I think there may be another simpler idea that could get the same results. I don't know if it stands any chance, but I might as well get the idea out there.
As you said I should make different view that uses a different grouping.
Say I have two custom fields,
my normal one
[Album Artist] | [Year] | [Album] [Album Rating] [Publisher] | [Sub Publisher] | [Catalog #]
and one that is defined by date
[Date Imported] | [Album Artist] | [Year] | [Album] [Album Rating] [Publisher] | [Sub Publisher] | [Catalog #]
I think I mentioned this in another thread but for different reasons I recall..
If when making a new search list item, if there could be an option to call upon More (Sort Groups [A/Z]) & More (Sort Groups [Z\A]) (like in what is circled in red in the image below)
We could then have a couple of search list entries that uses More (Sort Groups [A/Z] & Sort Groups [Z/A]) with the grouping that has the [Date Modified] field first.
The only thing is that mc would have to remember to switch back to the default (or original user specified) grouping when "All" is selected in the pane.
As you said grouping doesn't modify results so this option would require a place in the edit search box by itself as it couldn't go under the modify results section to avoid ambiguity. (But I think would be worth the extra space)
I am unsure as to whether this would change anything that is fundamental to the design of mc.
What do you think Rick? would this be a more realistic solution than my previous post?
I think it could prove quite useful for anyone who uses search lists. (Ah I think I just got it the clue is in the name. Search list? I can be quite stupid at times.. To search a list it must all already be made and to change the grouping would re-generate the list, not search it.. So this would change how the original and fundamental way search lists were designed For one I don't think they could be called search lists any more.. Maybe Search List & Grouping or something
Anyway I'm going to still post this it may stand a chance.
If it were to go though there would be one last inkling to deal with..
To set the option to change the grouping you could either make custom fields that contain the custom grouping and call upon them in the search list box.. Or you could allow people just to type in the custom grouping there & then.. Or both maybe..
Thanks for your time