# SORTING more than 1000 files by FIRST TAG

**URL:** <https://tagspaces.discourse.group/t/sorting-more-than-1000-files-by-first-tag/236>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [December 26, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/t/sorting-more-than-1000-files-by-first-tag/236 "2023-12-26T16:09:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![rodrigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@rodrigo](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/u/rodrigo)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/t/sorting-more-than-1000-files-by-first-tag/236/1 "2023-12-26T16:09:40Z")

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I have more than 1000 files (about 1200). Search is set to 3000, and display to 1000 (max allowed). Sorting is set to ‘FIRST TAG’. The FIRST TAG is: ‘number’-‘three letter topic description for that number’- ‘date of birth of author’ - author’s name, eg: ’ 35-eng-1812-Dickens\_Charles\_John\_Huffam’. All files have the tag ‘book’ as LAST TAG. Tags are stored on the file names. System: Ubuntu 22.04 native. Tagspaces 5.6.2.  
Problem: Search for ‘book’ produces 2 (two) pages. The first page is correctly sorted. When I move to the second page I have the right sorting for 2/3 seconds, then everything is mixed on both pages.  
I have tried several settings (500/100 files display, grid and list perspective). Nothing works.

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**Author:** ![rodrigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@rodrigo](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/u/rodrigo)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/t/sorting-more-than-1000-files-by-first-tag/236/2 "2024-02-26T18:47:55Z")

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Solved with the last version 5.7.5 on Linux/Ubuntu.