# Have table records sorted in alphabetical order when selected in any trigger / dropdown menu

**URL:** <https://community.tulip.co/t/have-table-records-sorted-in-alphabetical-order-when-selected-in-any-trigger-dropdown-menu/8457>\
**Category:** Product Suggestions\
**Created:** [June 1, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/have-table-records-sorted-in-alphabetical-order-when-selected-in-any-trigger-dropdown-menu/8457 "2023-06-01T12:18:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![sebme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@sebme](https://community.tulip.co/u/sebme)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/have-table-records-sorted-in-alphabetical-order-when-selected-in-any-trigger-dropdown-menu/8457/1 "2023-06-01T12:18:26Z")

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Title says it all… Currently the table record dropdown does follow a custom sorting order (?) why is very difficult to navigate if there are a lot of table records to deal with.

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**Author:** ![John](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tulip.co/john/32/4971_2.png) [@John](https://community.tulip.co/u/John)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/have-table-records-sorted-in-alphabetical-order-when-selected-in-any-trigger-dropdown-menu/8457/2 "2023-06-01T14:05:28Z")

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@sebme, thanks for sharing this. I know our design team is thinking a lot about how we should display available options to builders within the app editor, and this is valuable input.

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**Author:** ![Beth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tulip.co/beth/32/5987_2.png) [@Beth](https://community.tulip.co/u/Beth)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/have-table-records-sorted-in-alphabetical-order-when-selected-in-any-trigger-dropdown-menu/8457/3 "2024-11-01T15:28:28Z")

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This has been implemented in [Release 292 - November 2024](https://community.tulip.co/t/release-292-november-2024/13004)

Thanks for the suggestion!

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**Author:** ![Beth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tulip.co/beth/32/5987_2.png) [@Beth](https://community.tulip.co/u/Beth)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/have-table-records-sorted-in-alphabetical-order-when-selected-in-any-trigger-dropdown-menu/8457/4 "2024-11-01T15:28:35Z")

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