Why does Base’s form mode always reset a sorted list of entries to its original order instead of saving the new sort criteria I enter?
I have found an odd way to do this.
Open the Form in edit mode. Click the icon to turn edit mode off and the Form will display the data. Set the sort requirements and the data will be sorted. When you close the Form you will be asked if you want to save it - yes. When you open the Form again the sort requirement will be set as you wanted. I can not find any way to set it directly in design mode.
EDITED 16/11
Found the answer.
Open Form in Edit mode. Click on any control to select it. Right click - select Form to bring up Form Properties. On the Data Tab there is Sort where you can select the Sort requirements by clicking on the 3 dot icon on the right.
Is your form built on a query that has a sort? In this case overrides the ordering of the query.
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No it isn’t. It’s drawn from a table that had no sort order at the time I made the form.