How to turn filters on and off in Obsidian Bases
The Views help page, read in October 2026, describes how to add filters, but no way to switch one off.
How to manually sort notes in Obsidian Bases
As of October 2026, Bases sorts the rows of a view by property values, and you can't drag a row to a new place. The usual fix is a number property that you edit by hand and sort on. A plugin can write that number for you when you drag a row.
Bases Manual Order has Pro, and $15 one time turns it on in all 129 plugins.
Background
On 3 September 2026 a forum user asked how to sort the entries of a column in the new Kanban view by hand. A reply says it is not possible. The feature request "Bases Kanban, manual card ordering within a column" opened on 6 October 2026. On 8 November 2026 it had 11 posts and 59 likes, 33 of them on the first post.
3 ways to do it
Sort on a number property that you type
Add a number property, for example
rank, to each note. Open the Sort menu of the view, select Add sort and choose that property from smallest to largest.To move a note, change its number. Leave gaps such as 10, 20 and 30, so one new note fits between two others.
- limits
- Each move is an edit by hand in the note or in a table cell. Bases offers sorts by property values only, with no drag order for rows.
Drag cards and groups in the core Kanban view
The Kanban view of Bases lets you drag a card to another column, which changes the grouped property of that note. You can also drag a column heading to change the order of the columns.
In the Group menu of any view, choose Manual as the sort order. You can then drag whole groups into the order you want.
- limits
- The help page describes no way to move a card up or down inside its column. Manual order applies to groups, not to the notes in a group.
Bases Manual Order from this site
Bases Manual Order adds a view named Manual order, with a table layout and a list layout. Drag a row handle onto another row, or press the up and down buttons. The plugin saves the result as a number in the
manual_orderproperty.A move inside a group changes one note in most cases. Rows stay in their group, so a move never changes a status or project value.
- limits
- It adds its own view and puts no handles in the core table or Kanban view. A custom rank property for each view needs Pro.
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Sort notes by hand with Bases Manual Order
Install Bases Manual Order and turn it on, with the Bases core plugin. It needs Obsidian 1.13.4 or later.
Open a base, add a view and choose Manual order as its type.
Pick the properties to show in the Properties menu, and set Layout to Table or List in the view options.
Drag a row handle onto the row that must come after it, or use the arrow buttons.
To see the same order in a core table, sort that table from smallest to largest by
manual_order.
Common questions
Can I drag rows in the core Bases table?
No. The Table view sorts rows by the sorts in the Sort menu. The help pages describe drag only for sorts, groups, views and Kanban cards between columns.
Can I sort cards by hand inside one Kanban column?
Not in core Bases, as of October 2026. A forum feature request asks for it. Bases Manual Order does not change the Kanban view, but its list layout keeps rows inside each group.
Can one set of notes have two different orders?
Yes, when each order lives in its own number property. In Bases Manual Order the default view writes manual_order. Another rank property for a second view needs Pro.
Sources
- “Obsidian Help, Views in Bases”help.obsidian.md
- “Obsidian Help, Kanban view in Bases”help.obsidian.md
- “Forum, Bases Kanban manual card ordering within a column”forum.obsidian.md
- “Forum, How to manually sort entries in the new Kanban Base View”forum.obsidian.md
You can now manually sort notes.
You can now manually sort notes.
This guide uses Bases Manual Order. Pro adds "Separate orders". One payment of $15 turns on Pro in 129 plugins.
This guide uses Bases Manual Order. Pro adds "Separate orders". One payment of $15 turns on Pro in 129 plugins.
The plugin in this guide
Bases Manual Order
Drag rows in a Bases view and keep the order as a number in each note.