Sorting virtual machines list

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garzew2
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Sorting virtual machines list

Post by garzew2 »

Helo. How to sort or switch the order of machines in wirtualbox window 4.02. In older version it was sort automatic.Now new macines is added on the end of list.
Zium
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Re: Sorting virtual machines list

Post by Zium »

Control + up or down allows you to move a vm in the list
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Re: Sorting virtual machines list

Post by oleksasha »

Problem is still actual.
Is there a way to sort the list of virtual machines in alphabetical order (either automatic or manual).
dirks
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Re: Sorting virtual machines list

Post by dirks »

Problem is still actual.
As mentioned above: you can sort the VM list manually by using ctrl-up / down.

Gr.
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Re: Sorting virtual machines list

Post by BillG »

I hated the alphabetical list. I am very pleased that you can now put them wherever you want.
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Re: Sorting virtual machines list

Post by Techno.Scavenger »

It used to be sorted by name and like the original behavior as i maintain a lot of Linux distro and release.

Having an option to sort by name or as per xml entry sequence would be fantastic.
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Re: Sorting virtual machines list

Post by mpack »

Techno.Scavenger wrote:Having an option to sort by name or as per xml entry sequence would be fantastic.
The option to sort by name still exists - except that you now do it manually. Since this only ever needs to be done once (or never, if you do it as each VM is created), I fail to see why you expect it to be automated.

I expect that an upcoming version of the GIU will allow the VM list to be displayed hierarchically, in which case discussions about flat list sorting will be largely moot.
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Re: Sorting virtual machines list

Post by Zium »

mpack wrote:I expect that an upcoming version of the GIU will allow the VM list to be displayed hierarchically, in which case discussions about flat list sorting will be largely moot.
Would be nice for me too !
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