# Configurable Sort Order in Library columns

**URL:** <https://community.volumio.com/t/configurable-sort-order-in-library-columns/3214>\
**Category:** Suggest a feature\
**Created:** [September 23, 2015, 8:28am UTC](https://community.volumio.com/t/configurable-sort-order-in-library-columns/3214 "2015-09-23T08:28:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![ajh](https://community.volumio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/977dab/32.png) [@ajh](https://community.volumio.com/u/ajh)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 8:28am UTC](https://community.volumio.com/t/configurable-sort-order-in-library-columns/3214/1 "2015-09-23T08:28:45Z")

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I would like the ability to define the sort order in the library columns.  
I have read elsewhere of “Virtual Tag’s” which may be a method to do this, then you could sort by a real or virtual tag but not display it, Or the user could configure the database sort options. These could be entered in an admin GUI page.  
E.G.  
Artist:  
\* Case Insensitive (Currently artist “theaudience” (lower case ‘t’) comes after ‘ZZ Top’)  
\* Able to ignore prefixes like “The” and “A” etc.  
Album:  
\* Case insensitive  
\* Able to sort albums by Year (I know tags are on tracks not albums but other software can mimic this)