Suggestion, re-arange pets in their groups (Updated 2022!)

[StaticTelly]

massive support, i want to sort my event pet groups by how theyre shown in archive but i cant and i feel like it looks so messy !! i want to custom sort pets so so bad..

[forest.]

it's me, hi, i'm once again returning to this thread because every event reminds me just how much we need this feature.

this is now, imo, the single biggest quality of life feature that chicken smoothie needs. that seems to be the consensus among a lot of users too, considering the increased activity on this thread in recent years. (obviously security updates should be the #1 priority rn. but as far as quality of life updates go, this is easily the most important.) once the security updates are done, i truly think admin should consider making this their priority.

i know people have mentioned a "drag and drop" or "archive sort" feature, but i understand why that would be difficult to code. all i'm personally asking for is that you allow us to sort pets alphabetically by their name. this should be relatively simple to code, given that alphabetical logic is already applied to group names, right? it wouldn't be prohibitively difficult, at least. and while it might be less convenient for users than some of the other sorting methods that have been suggested, it's something. it gives us the option to organize our pets how we want, even if it's tedious. right now we have no options. literally anything is better than having to suffer through trying to find ID swaps.

staff. i beg of you. in addition to forcing us to choose between having visually unpleasant groups or spending hours of our time ID swapping, the fact that we still can't re-arrange pets is causing real issues for the site. i'd like to reiterate what another user has said already:

Not being able to rearrange pets has created some consequences for CS as a game, and some that are very predatory. For example, only sorting by pet ID makes users look for and demand pets that are right on or near rollover. This creates a habit of users logging on only to adopt for fear that they'll somehow devalue their pets just by waiting a few more hours after rollover. Additionally, it creates distinction between true dates and rereleases when rereleases were intended to patch the gap between unobtainable and possibility.

^this by itself is reason enough to implement the change!! but if anyone wants more examples, take a look at the posts in the summer event chat thread after rollover today. the fishing game, something that's supposed to be fun and add variety, is making people upset because they feel like they won't have enough tokens to get all the pet outcomes without trading. people are AVOIDING TRADING on a trading site!!! why, you ask? because ID swapping is a nightmare. so getting all the token pets by yourself is a far easier and more reliable way to get pets to sit properly. we need this feature. please.


little note of appreciation: i've loved this site for nearly a decade now and i have so much admiration for the fact that it's basically one huge volunteer effort. i hate to be so critical of it, and i hope i don't come off as ungrateful, because that's not what i'm trying to do at all. because i love this site so much, i want to see it become better! and this QoL update is desperately needed for that to happen.

[almondkitty]

support because i'm losing my MIND trying to get my event pets to match up. missed a frog outcome but didn't notice until after i adopted two other pets & now i have to find one adopted between 4 min 23 seconds - 5 min 28 seconds after rollover. would love to just have fun instead of stressing about the traded frog being out of place

[Regency]

I saw someone today who was able to achieve this. There was a 2017 pet amongst 2023 pets. And it wasn't a December 18th pet. The date literally said 2017. I was very confused

[Rock]

Support : )
Litters with similar looking siblings confuse me easily, having them side by side/arranged to match archive would make it much easier for me to tell who I do/dont have, and it would look much better too : )

[friday!]

as somebody going through the super daunting task of naming all their pets, would LOVE an alphabetized name-sorting option. this alone could really make sorting a lot easier, similar to the way people use symbols/letters/numbers to arrange their groups as well! two birds with one stone, even if it would be a tad clunky for the latter purpose.

[Another World]

support - it would help with the value of true dates vs rereleases too

[mecha sonic]

i’d like an option that just allows you to sort them by hand into whatever order you wish. i’d love to group my pets in a way that i’d see fits rather than by things i dont personally care for

[Lifora]

Support

[AprilShowers]

fully support this!