[Gelöst] Ordering a Select list in Alphabetical order

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[MrHinsh]

I have added a list of Timezones as a select field, however there are 300+ items. How can I reorder them in alphabetical order without manually draggin around?

[Minesh Supporter Languages: Englisch (English ) Timezone: Asia/Kolkata (GMT+05:30)]

Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

I would like to know where those 300 timezone items stored. Do you have database table that holds those 300 timezone values or where those 300 timezone values are currently stored?

[MrHinsh]

No, I have added them to Toolset as Options for a select.

[Minesh Supporter Languages: Englisch (English ) Timezone: Asia/Kolkata (GMT+05:30)]

You mean you already added 300 select options to your Types custom select field and you want to display those options in specific order. If yes: you need to reorder manually to display it in specific order on your post type add/edit screen.

If you want to display that select filter as view's frontent filter, then when you try to add the custom select field as filter, we have a option for sorting available.

[MrHinsh]

Is there a better way to get a list of Timezones populated so that I can use it on my custom type?

[Minesh Supporter Languages: Englisch (English ) Timezone: Asia/Kolkata (GMT+05:30)]

If you have list of your timezones stored in any database table or as post type then you can populate the custom select field options dynamically using the Toolset Types hook: wpt_field_options
=> https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/types-api-filters/#wpt_field_options

Please check the following related ticket:
=> https://toolset.com/forums/topic/setting-multiple-options-all-the-countries-in-the-world-for-a-select-field/#post-1219399