# Sorting Projects in Gateway **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [March 27, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sorting-projects-in-gateway/23667 "2019-03-27T19:51:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brandon.hughes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3e96dc/32.png) [@brandon.hughes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brandon.hughes)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sorting-projects-in-gateway/23667/1 "2019-03-27T19:51:28Z")
Is there a way to sort projects in the gateway by name/date created/etc.? So far, I have been unable to find a way to do this, and it seems that the projects I have created so far are sorted randomly in the project list. Thanks in advance, Brandon Hughes ---
**Author:** ![KathyApplebaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kathyapplebaum/32/7261_2.png) [@KathyApplebaum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/KathyApplebaum)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sorting-projects-in-gateway/23667/2 "2019-03-28T13:52:53Z")
In Ignition 8, the project status page is a sortable table. Date created isn’t one of the fields, but you can sort on name, title, etc. ---
**Author:** ![brandon.hughes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3e96dc/32.png) [@brandon.hughes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brandon.hughes)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sorting-projects-in-gateway/23667/3 "2019-04-26T13:38:47Z")
Thanks for the response. Also, is there a way to sort projects in the designer recent projects list? Currently, it sorts these randomly as well and I have not yet found another way to launch a project in the designer other than selecting it from the recent projects list. Am I missing something simple? ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sorting-projects-in-gateway/23667/4 "2019-04-26T15:52:48Z")
You should be able to open a project from the File menu. ---
**Author:** ![brandon.hughes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3e96dc/32.png) [@brandon.hughes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brandon.hughes)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sorting-projects-in-gateway/23667/5 "2019-04-26T16:21:03Z")
Are you referring to the file menu on the designer? If so, when I use file → open project from the designer it brings up the following window. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/0/0f929ad501bc261c3dbc82bd987bf04f6b50f8f5.jpeg) As you can see, the files are not in any particular order. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sorting-projects-in-gateway/23667/6 "2019-04-26T16:43:16Z")
I think this screen is being redesigned right now, we should be able to improve on this. ---
**Author:** ![jcoffman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jcoffman/32/6429_2.png) [@jcoffman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jcoffman)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sorting-projects-in-gateway/23667/7 "2019-04-26T16:44:33Z")
@Kevin.Herron @brandon.hughes this screen is in fact currently going through a redesign. ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sorting-projects-in-gateway/23667/8 "2019-04-26T17:20:33Z")
IIRC, it sorts on the project name but shows the project title in the list. ---
**Author:** ![brandon.hughes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3e96dc/32.png) [@brandon.hughes](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brandon.hughes)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sorting-projects-in-gateway/23667/9 "2019-04-26T17:57:42Z")
Awesome. Thanks everyone