Save Playlist Sorting by Custom Fields

📋 Summary

Allow playlists to save a Custom Field as their default sorting option.

❗ Problem

LaunchBox allows users to organize games with Custom Fields, but playlists do not appear to support saving a Custom Field as the playlist’s default sort order.

This makes it harder to maintain curated playlists that rely on user-defined metadata, such as personal rankings, completion status, priority, collection order, or other custom organization methods.

💡 Proposal

Add Custom Fields as available saved sorting options for playlists.

When a playlist is opened, LaunchBox should be able to automatically sort its games by the selected Custom Field, the same way it can with standard sort fields.

🧩 Use Cases

• Sort a playlist by personal ranking

• Group games by custom completion status

• Organize a playlist by collection priority

• Maintain a user-defined play order without re-sorting manually

📦 Benefits

• Makes playlists more flexible

• Improves support for custom library organization

• Reduces repeated manual sorting

• Helps users create more personalized collections

⚠️ Considerations

Custom Field sorting should handle blank or missing values gracefully. It should also support ascending and descending order where possible.