# Sorting Categories and Actions
**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/sorting-categories-and-actions/154
**Category:** Discussion
**Created:** [August 4, 2006, 4:09am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/sorting-categories-and-actions/154 "2006-08-04T04:09:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@mainsoft](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/mainsoft)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2006, 4:09am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/sorting-categories-and-actions/154/1 "2006-08-04T04:09:55Z")
Hello,
How do I get the Categories listing alphabetically sorted? Same question for the actions within each categories. Did I miss something?
Thanks very much.
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### Author:  [@raoul](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/raoul)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2006, 4:44am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/sorting-categories-and-actions/154/2 "2006-08-04T04:44:10Z")
You can move the action categories up and down using the right mouse on each category… A quicker way is editing the finalbuilder.ini file. The ini file is located in your application data folder and contains a section called [ActionCategories\_Order].
HTH
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### Author:  [@mainsoft](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/mainsoft)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2006, 6:10am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/sorting-categories-and-actions/154/3 "2006-08-04T06:10:37Z")
Hi Raoul,
A quicker way is editing the finalbuilder.ini file.
Not sure 🙂 . You have to manually re-index all entries which is painful. And the action list cannot be sorted anyway.
I’ll post a wish about this.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@tate](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/tate)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2006, 12:45pm UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/sorting-categories-and-actions/154/4 "2006-08-05T12:45:46Z")
Hi Patrick,
There is a “Sort Categories” option in the context menu of the Action Types.
Also, if you click the little icon with a down arrow to the right of the Filter, you get a sorted list of categories - click one to go to it instantly.
And another also… start typing the name of the action in the Filter box - normally much quicker to find actions this way. And you can use the up/down arrows to select one, and enter adds it to your build (ie. no mouse required).
hth.
.t8
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### Author:  [@mainsoft](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/mainsoft)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2006, 5:48am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/sorting-categories-and-actions/154/5 "2006-08-05T05:48:35Z")
Hi,
There is a “Sort Categories” option in the context menu of the Action Types.
Sorry but I don’t see any context menu on the Action Types tab. Do you mean right-clicking the tab itself? I don’t get any context menu in that case. When I right-click inside the Action Types panel, I do get a context menu with
Move Category Up
Move Category Down
Show All Categories
and then the name of all categories.
No “Sort Categories” command.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@tate](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/tate)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2006, 2:21am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/sorting-categories-and-actions/154/6 "2006-08-07T02:21:07Z")
oops… you’re right, it’s not there (yet…).
Your best bet is to use the sorted popup list of action groups, and/or the action filter.
.t8