How can I sort a lookup drop-down list box in the Edit or Create form?

Question

I've been developing a SharePoint site to track projects and work intakes at my job, and one thing that I can't figure out is how to sort the contents of a lookup drop-down list box.

The data I'm trying to sort is;

Timeframe Title

• Math: 8/1/2016
• Science: 8/1/2016
• Science: 8/15/2016
• Science: 8/29/2016
• Math: 8/15/2016
• Social Studies: 8/15/2016
• ...

I'd like to sort it alphabetically so that each unique department appears together.

Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks!

Answer 1

By default, the lookup column in a SharePoint list automatically sorted by the alphabetic values in ascending order

If you need to customize ordering based on special order at Edit and Create Form I think you can't do it as out of the box solution, and you need to customize your forms via InfoPath as mentioned here

Regarding your views you can sort it alphabetically so that each unique department appears together you should follow the mentioned steps below :

• From the above list ribbon, select modify view >

From the same page chek Beside Group by Select The department Name Column to group by it and to sort it as

• Show groups in ascending order
• Show groups in descending order

You can also create your custom view from

List setting > Scroll down to the below of the page > click create view > and sort as you want.