Sort a List Alphabetically in Confluence Page in Edit Mode
Asked by Karen_Mustain:

I am looking for a feature to allow the author/editor to permanently sort list items, like in a bulleted list, while creating or editing a page, so that the items are listed in alphabetic order. This is a similar feature in Microsoft Word: <https://support.office.com/en-us/article/sort-a-list-alphabetically-117e95e4-c347-4c6e-b05f-4ad85cb5e015>

Is anyone aware of an existing add-on that offers this functionality, or has anyone developed a macro.

Our users do not want to utilize a table.


Answers:
author: Michael Woffenden
body: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-29816> is for a completely different idea -- being able to sort *table rows*.

The original request -- which I personally come across the need for several times a day -- is to be able to **sort a *list* in-place** while editing.

Would love to see this created as an official request for Confluence Server.


author: weweave UG
body: Although this post is quite old, we would like to let you know that our app "Content Tools for Confluence" (see <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1221973/content-tools-for-confluence>) provides a macro for Confluence Cloud to sort lists automatically. You can check out our blog post <https://weweave.net/blog/content-tools-for-confluence-orders-your-lists-automatically> for more deatails.

comments: author: Michael Woffenden
body: Will it sort table rows while editing?

Is there a server version?


author: weweave UG
body: Hi [@Michael Woffenden](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1169866), the idea behind the app is that you don't have to worry about the order when you are in edit mode and the list and tables are sorted automatically in the view mode. In other words: The app does not change anything in the the edit mode.

Right now, we don't have a server version of that app. Please contact use here <https://weweave.net/contact/contact-form/> in case you are interested in sponsoring the development of a server version of the app.


author: Amanda Redmond-Neal
body: I would also use it if it were available for Confluence Server.


author: Enric Martinez
body: What about using Word and importing it to Confluence?


author: Doug Warren
body: I just did this and it worked fine. Copied and pasted into Word and used the alphabetic sort. My document was in paragraphs so I sorted by paragraph in Word. Then cut from there and pasted back into Confluence. It even kept the links (but not attached documents).


author: Fabrizio Galletti
body: There is already a customer request

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-29816>

Probably they wont fix it, as the resolution says...

The only workaround possible as far as i know are:

* Save the page, order with column click, copy the text, edit the page, paste the copied table and save it.
* Try with [table filter plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.stiltsoft.confluence.plugin.tablefilter.tablefilter/server/overview) it has some nice features

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comments: author: Karen_Mustain
body: Thanks [@Fabrizio Galletti](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/502345) I had investigated the Table Filter plugin, but our users don't want to use a table for their lists.


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