Winter ’25 is upon us. Learn about list view multi-column sort (beta) and check out Be Release Ready to discover more resources to help you make the most of Winter ’25 features.
Prior to Winter ’25, list views only supported single column sort. That works until you’re facing a wall of record data that’s complex and you need to know what’s most important. For example, looking at a list of opportunities by close date doesn’t help you identify which opportunities have the largest value. Or viewing a list of contacts by last name doesn’t order them by first name secondarily. That’s frustrating and costs users valuable time.
One workaround was to use list view filters. Using the opportunities example, you could sort on close date and filter out all the smallest opportunities by amount. But then you’ve truncated your visible data set, and either created yet another list view or modified the filters on a list view that many of your colleagues rely on. So that approach isn’t usually viable and probably explains why multi-column sorting was one of the top feature requests on IdeaExchange.
List views have a new, handy button in the upper right-hand corner next to filters: ‘Sort by Multiple Columns’. This opens a modal where you can select a field to sort by and sort direction. You can add up to five fields to the multi-column sort.
For example, a sales manager could sort opportunities by owner, by stage, and then by amount. This brings a whole new level of clarity and insight into your list view!
Once you apply this sorting, you’ll notice that the list view header includes a description of the sort order adjacent to the filter description. The sorted columns have directional sort arrows that indicate the sorting direction.
To modify sorting, open the modal and make adjustments. Perhaps you want to drop the opportunity owner field from the opportunity list view sort—there’s a trash can for that! You can sort first by amount and then by stage using the sort order arrow buttons within the sorting modal.
To clear your sorting, just use the new ‘Reset Column Sorting’ option under the gear icon in the list view header.
Best of all, these sort options are personalized to you! Your sorting preference applies to you, while other users of the list view are free to configure their own sorting options. This sorting persists across navigation events until you reconfigure or clear the sorting.
If multi-column sorting is applied and you click on a column header that’s included in the sort order, the list re-sorts in the opposite direction for the column selected. Clicking on a column outside the sorted columns will clear the multi-column sorting and sort only by the selected column.
The multi-column sorting modal field selections can only be applied if two or more fields are selected. To revert to single column sort, use the ‘Reset Column Sorting’ option in the gear icon.
Multi-column sorting is only available on list views for objects that are supported by Lightning Web Components (LWC). Enabling the multi-column sort feature will also enable LWC list view object home; see more here. Most objects are supported but there are some that aren’t yet. If the sorting icon isn’t present, you’re using an object that’s not yet supported.
Multi-column sort is available as a beta feature starting in Winter ’25. To enable the beta feature:
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