how to sort
Asked by ????:

I would like to sort the table like your description page's picture.  

Could you tell me a procedure how to do it ?


Answers:
author: ????
body: I didn't know this is special app.

Is it deferent from yours the way of sorting?

Do you know how to treat mine?

comments: author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: These icons come from [Table Filter and Charts](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.stiltsoft.confluence.plugin.tablefilter.tablefilter/cloud/overview) app. This app doesn't change the way of sorting. But Table Filter macro can be used to set default sorting order and it enables tables (that are inside the macro) sorting in the editor (with Ctrl+Click).


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: [@Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781696) - thanks for stepping in - unfortunately I don't know your app


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Thomas, if you are interested in this app, you can play with it [here](https://demo.stiltsoft.com/display/tblfilter/Managing+Look+of+Tables?os_username=guest1&os_password=guest1).


author: ????
body: Thank you for your kindness, Tomas.

It was helpful for me.

I'm gonna ask continuation to Andrew :)


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: You're welcome, [@????](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1207141)


author: ????
body: Thank you for your stepping in, Andrew.

Could you tell me details more?

Ctrl?Click...?

Do I need to remove a sell of A for sorting "?"?


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Yes, you need to remove cell A to be able to sort by columns B, C and D.

When you need sort a table in page view mode, you just click some cell in the table header row. If you need to sort a table while editing some page, you need to wrap this table with Table Filter macro and then Ctrl+click cells in table header row. Ctrl+click is used instead of just a click because click is used to place cursor inside a cell.


author: ????
body: I gonna try that way.

After clicking, do I need something to do?

Or just click is enough for sorting?


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Just click to sort.


author: ????
body: Okey!

Will it appear sorting mark (??) after remove the sell of A?

You mean I need to click the sorting mark?

(It was not appearing with sell of A.

Sorry, I can't use confluence because I'm home now...I can use it only in my Company...)


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Yes, arrow-icons should appear after removing the cell. You can click a cell at any point to sort, not not only arrows.


author: ????
body: Hmm...I can click a cell at any point to sort, not not only arrows...?  
Sorry, I couldn't understand that...  

If I wanna see only '?'in the column of B, how should I do...?


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: If you want to see only 'O', then you need to filter the table using Table Filter macro. You can watch [these videos](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDPf_IxPiFs&list=PLRpx9wuFqlzFa9X4DWwQEBdy22YIwT6kh) to get the idea of working with Table Filter macro.


author: ????
body: Wow amazing!  
I'm gonna try that way next Monday in my company.

I feel I can do it.

Thank you sooo much, Andrey!


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: You are welcome!


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: What do you mean by "description page's picture"?

comments: author: ????
body: Thank you for your quick response!

I meant it like the picture of below.

I would like to use the filter for narrowing down information in the column.

![IMG_8946.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/18863i39A33B36EA1BE827/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "IMG_8946.PNG")


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: This kind of filter is standard in every Confluence table.

It appears, if your table has column headers and the table cells are not merged.


author: ????
body: I see.

If it merged, it couldn't be sorted ?


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: No, then the sorting is disabled completely for the whole table


author: ????
body: I see...

How about the type of bellow?

![IMG_8947.JPG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/18870i58E2EE925E5030CA/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "IMG_8947.JPG")

Shold I cancel merging of A?

e.g.) When I would like to sort " ?" from a column of C.


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Yes, if you want to sort this table, you have to remove the line A and define the line with the cells B C and D as the header of the table.


author: ????
body: Thank you!

I'm gonna try that way!

And after that, should I use this icon?

And then should I chose "drop down filter" ?

![IMG_8948.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/18881i9578EAF525CCF345/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "IMG_8948.PNG")


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Oh, you have a special table app installed? This is not the standard Confluence table editor.


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Have you tried saving the page? That's the last thing you would have to do with regular Confluence table functionality