How do I control order of items in visual studio 2017 solutions folder?

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I have just started using Visual Studio 2017. I have added a number of items to a solutions folder. These are in a confusing order. Does anyone know how to change the order of items in here? Simple alphabetical would do.

Some of the items I have are:

\SolutionItems
>>\ConfigFiles
>>>>Dev.config
>>>>Live.config
>>Doxygen.doxycfg
>>RunDoxygen.bat
>>BuildExtras.txt

(NOTE: I have used '>' to indicate folder indentation because I can't get the question editor indent option to work.)

What I have tried:

I have tried right-clicking the folder in Solutions Explorer and selecting Properties. This gives an option to sort either alphabetically or by category, but clicking these seems to have no effect on the order of the items.

Posted 22-Jan-18 3:02am

Patrick Skelton

Updated 22-Jan-18 5:15am

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[no name] 22-Jan-18 9:28am

Visual Studio does not sort projects/folders alphabetically by a developer when the projects/folders are located inside Solution Folders.It sorts automatically.

Richard MacCutchan 22-Jan-18 10:48am

Yes it does.

Richard MacCutchan 22-Jan-18 10:49am

It would help if you showed us exactly what items you are talking about. Remember, we cannot see your screen.

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Solution 2

Closing and re-opening the solution seems to have sorted it out. It now puts folders first and then lists files, all sorted alphabetically, which as was pointed out in one reply is the normal behaviour.

Thank you for the replies.

Posted 22-Jan-18 5:15am

Patrick Skelton

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Dave Kreskowiak · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-22T04:46:00

Solution 1

Most items in the Solution Explorer are sorted alphabetically. There are no options to change that behavior.

Posted 22-Jan-18 4:46am

Dave Kreskowiak