F

1 Message

 • 

70 Points

Tuesday, July 16th, 2024 7:45 AM

No Status

4

Sorting of "Add to List" button

Once I've navigated to a Title page, I have the option to click on the gold "Add to Watchlist" button.  On the right side of that button is a dropdown to allow me to also add the title to one of my personal lists.  That dropdown pops up a window that is always sorted by the "Modified" date of the list.  While that is useful in some cases (initially putting multiple titles into a new list, for example), I would also like the ability to sort that dropdown/popup by the "Name" of the list.  For example, when I go to the "Your Lists" page, I have the option to sort my lists by "Created", "Modified" or "Name".  I'm imagining a similar option on that dropdown/popup on the Title page to adjust the sorting of lists.  Ideally this would be a "sticky" option that is directly on that dropdown/popup.  When I say "sticky" I mean if you change it, the list is ordered that same way the next time you open the dropdown.  It could also be a setting somewhere in the "Account settings".

I'd like to note that when I do an "Advanced title search" and scroll down to the part where I can include/exclude titles based on which of my lists they are in, those lists are sorted by the "Name" of the list.  While it make sense that those lists are always sorted by the "Name" of the list, I think it is useful that the dropdown/popup from the "Title" page can be sorted in different ways as I've mentioned.

My use case (and reason for asking this) is that I have been augmenting IMDb information by maintaining a separate Excel spreadsheet with a list of movies that I either own or want to own or have access to on a streaming platform in order to watch it again.  I'm keeping track of whether I own it digitally or on disc and in what format.  I'm also keeping track of what streaming services have it available.  Thankfully, IMDb now provides this information (minus platforms like Disney+), so that has simplified that part for me, however, that information changes and my spreadsheet has always been less reliable than what IMDb now has available.  I'm also duplicating some other useful information from IMDb in my spreadsheet such as release year, length, director, lead actors/actresses, etc, so that I can do searching and filtering on titles in my spreadsheet.

My current approach has become too much maintenance, so I'm planning to create multiple lists on IMDb in order to keep track of everything directly on IMDb.  I will use the "Advanced title search" to help me find and filter titles based on my lists.  This will be very useful and will simplify things for me, however, since I will have quite a few lists, adding titles to multiple different lists will be awkward if that dropdown is not sortable by the "Name" of the list.

While I'm talking about my experience on IMDb.com, this functionality would be useful to me on both the Android and iPhone apps as well.  Thank you for considering this option.

Shane Marshall

(Faithful and longtime IMDb user)

No Responses!