# Reordering and sorting photos

> Put your best photos first. Sort a CoreHue gallery chapter by date taken, file name or upload time, or drag photos into exactly the order you want.

Source: https://help.corehue.co/docs/galleries/reordering-and-sorting-photos/

The first screen of a gallery sets the tone for everything after it. Sort a chapter in one click to get it roughly right, then drag your favorite frames to the top so your client opens on your best work.

## Sort a whole chapter at once

1. Open the chapter on the **Chapters** tab.
2. Click the **Sort photos** icon in the chapter toolbar.
3. Pick an order.

| Option | Puts photos in order of |
| --- | --- |
| **Newest first** / **Oldest first** | When you uploaded them |
| **Date taken ↓** / **Date taken ↑** | When they were shot, from the camera data |
| **Name A–Z** / **Name Z–A** | File name |
| **Random** | A shuffled order |

Sorting rearranges every photo in the chapter, not just the ones on screen, and the new order is saved. It's what your client sees.

> **There's no undo**
Sorting replaces the chapter's current order. If you've arranged a chapter by hand, sorting it again will lose that arrangement.

Shooting with two bodies or a second shooter? **Date taken** only works well if the camera clocks matched. If they didn't, sort by **Name** after renaming on export, or fix the capture times in your editing software before exporting.

## Drag photos into place

On a computer, drag any photo to a new spot. The other photos shift out of the way as you move, so you can see exactly where it'll land.

To move a group, select the photos first, then drag one of them. The whole selection moves together.

Dragging isn't available on phones and tablets. Use **Sort photos** there, or rearrange on a computer.

## Select several photos

- Hover over a photo and click the small box in its top-left corner.
- Shift-click, Cmd-click (Mac) or Ctrl-click (Windows) to add photos to the selection.
- On a computer, click an empty spot in the grid and drag a box across the photos you want.
- On a phone or tablet, press and hold a photo to start selecting.

Once photos are selected, a bar appears at the bottom of the screen with **Select all**, move, copy, delete and clear selection. See [Moving, copying and deleting photos](/docs/galleries/moving-copying-and-deleting-photos).

## Drag photos to another chapter

Drag your selection onto a chapter's name in the sidebar to move the photos into that chapter. It's the fastest way to split a long first upload into chapters.

## Ordering videos

Videos have their own order, in the **Videos** section above the photos in each chapter. Drag a video to move it within that section. **Sort photos** doesn't change the order of videos. See [Renaming, moving and deleting videos](/docs/gallery-video/managing-videos).

## What your client sees

Your client sees each chapter in exactly the order you've set, starting from the top left. A strong first row makes a real difference: people who like the opening keep scrolling.

## Frequently asked questions

### Can I undo a sort?

No. **Sort photos** replaces the chapter's order and there's no undo. If you've hand-arranged a chapter, drag photos rather than sorting it again.

### Why is Date taken putting photos in a strange order?

**Date taken** uses each file's camera data. Photos from cameras with different clock settings, or files that lost their camera data on export, can end up out of place.

### Can I reorder photos on my phone?

Partly. You can use **Sort photos** on a phone, but dragging photos into a custom order needs a computer.

### How do I reorder chapters?

Drag a chapter by its grip handle in the **Chapters** sidebar. See [Organizing photos into chapters](/docs/galleries/organizing-with-chapters).