Group by filename + sort by task position inside of note

[sector101010]

Here is my query:

path includes Tasks/Personal
group by filename

Whenever I change a task's status, it jumps to another position in the task list.

Is there a way to disable that? I want the tasks unsorted by path, i.e. they should be sorted in the same order as listed in file.

Context: I have one note per "project" in the Tasks/Personal folder, each one containing a list of tasks that I add when thinking about steps to do in order.

[sector101010]

Found out it's not supported. Created a fork to fix it: https://github.com/sector101010/obsidian-tasks-unsorted/releases

[claremacrae]

Reopened as as the fix is not in this repo...

[claremacrae]

@sector101010 You might want to see how that sorting works now, if you have a query open that has Tasks from different files.

As you edit tasks in different files, I think that your search results will likely randomly change order, as the code has removed a number of important aspects of the sorting.

[sector101010]

@claremacrae works fine for me now. I just removed the default sorting, which was applied all the time, even if the query contains a sort by. I can now sort, or not sort, and the order stays the same.

[sector101010]

@claremacrae anyway, if it breaks I'll report back.

[claremacrae]

Thanks... Also, thanks for giving it a different plugin ID, to avoid confusion.

[Snaiel]

Sorry, I'm new to the plugin. Apart from the fork, is there a way to turn off the default sorting or sort by the original task position inside of a note?

[claremacrae]

No, but you can override it.

Please read this section of the docs:

https://publish.obsidian.md/tasks/Queries/Sorting#Default+sort+order

[Snaiel]

Sorting by task position inside of note can be done by putting this in the query:

sort by function task.lineNumber