How can I sort my query results the way they were sorted before Tasks 1.4.0?

[patrickcjwall]

Hi there,

The latest update to the plugin is amazing. So much hard work has obviously gone into it--thanks so much!

I love the new priority feature, but I think it might be causing some issues with the ordering of tasks when querying. I have a morning routine that needs to go in roughly the same order every day and I have been using tasks in the daily note to create this task list and then having a query note in the sidebar to keep track. Since the update, the tasks don't (always) appear in the order that they are in the daily note. I suppose I could number the tasks and then sort by description, but I am still finding my way to an optimum workflow and this would be a bit annoying to keep changing numbers. Is there any way to ensure that tasks show in the order that they appear in the note?

Thanks again so much!

[schemar]

If you want tasks to be sorted the way they were sorted before urgency was introduced, add the following sort expressions to your query:

```tasks
sort by status
sort by due
sort by path
```

It is also documented here: https://schemar.github.io/obsidian-tasks/queries/sorting/

[patrickcjwall]

My pleasure. Please see screenshots of an example below. Same task list, same query, different ordering in the query result. Does this make sense?

[patrickcjwall]

it is a little difficult to replicate as the issue does not always appear.

[patrickcjwall]

Actually the last few times it has happened the same error is occuring - the item that would otherwise be first is sent right to the bottom. Otherwise the order seems to be correct.

[schemar]

I see. That is very peculiar. I will need to investigate a bit.

[patrickcjwall]

Thanks so much!