Focus sorts by first letter, not by name

Roon Software Discussion
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In my “Classical” focus, Antonio Vivaldi is listed in the "A"s, when he should be listed in the "V"s. Bernard Haitink is listed in the "B"s. And so on.

Why is this?

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In Settings/General you can toggle to search Artists or Composers by First/Last name.

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Crazy. Why is that not the default setting?

Thanks for pointing that out!

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It probably should be as I suspect most users would wish it that way.
One for @Mike to note.

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Hey @Mike_Pinkerton – good feedback across the board, so keep the questions coming.

Can you explain where you’re looking here:

In the Composers view, we sort to last name by default. In the albums view, we sort to first name, and I think these are sensible defaults for pop and classical fans alike.

Both are configurable, but I suspect we might hear a bit of confusion is we sorted Otis Redding albums next to The Rolling Stones by default. And if your collection is primarily classical, I can absolutely understand wanting last name sorting across the board.

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Yeah I was looking in the album view, IIRC.

Now that I stop and look at iTunes, it has the same behavior that I was complaining about. I’m not sure how I never noticed it until Roon, or why it stuck out now and didn’t before.

Let me use Roon a little more and see what my natural expectations drift towards having already flipped the pref that Andy told me about…

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