> By default, elog enties are sorted by their ID number.  When viewing a logbook in Full or Summary, they are
> shown in strict order of ID.  In Threaded, entries are shown in strict order of ID for the latest entry of each
> thread, and then previous entries (in reply to) back from the latest one.  
> 
> In collapsed mode, it is only the starting entry of each thread is shown (or the latest one if "collapse to
> last" chosen, but that's a detail).
> 
> I have a couple of logbooks where I'd like the default sorting to be by another numeric attribute that I enter. 
> 
> Now this works fine in Full or Summary mode.  In threaded mode (e.g. default for this forum, where every entry
> is shown but are grouped by thread), it works in as much as all the entres are there and in order, but it
> doesn't quite look the same as when sorting by ID - the replies are not each offset further right beneath the
> entry it is in reply to, but all just slightly offset to the first entry.  
> 
> If you try to [completely] collapse the threaded mode to just one line per threaded topic - it doesn't.  Looks
> (almost) the same as threaded.
> 
> I was hoping to get the list of entries collapsed to one line per thread, in order of the numeric attribute, but
> I cannot seem to get this to happen.   Have I missed something here?  Or is it possible at all?

This is not possible at the moment, but I will add it to the wish list.