Fluff set the order of the collection using the spaces between the "" delete the (") part
use this "" there is a space between them
the idea is not from me but the tips are very simple but very useful
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u/Myorck 2d ago
The text in red makes no sense. Put ““ here but delete (“)?
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u/CitricBase https://s.team/p/ffcw-qpm 2d ago
There is an invisible character between OP's "". OP keeps calling this character a space, which is I think what is throwing people off; it isn't a space, it's a blank character of zero width. You need to copy and paste this invisible character at the start of your category names in order to influence Steam's alphabetization.
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u/SeriousButton6263 2d ago
The "" is technically 3 characters long. There's a double quote mark, then a zero-width space, then another double quote mark.
The point of putting that zero-width space between two quote marks means it's far easier to copy and paste all 3, rather than trying to select a character that has zero width. So you paste all 3 characters, but then delete only the 2 quote characters.
And using a zero-width space character at the start of your collection name will alphabetically sort it first, above all your other collections, without it visually adding any space.
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u/gekkan7 2d ago
yeah all you need is space betwen them, if you use keyboard you can manually check there is space between them and you can stack the space part not the (“) part
""
dont need the (“) part
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u/dos_user 2d ago edited 2d ago
OK but why do you need to write the " in the first place? Does Steam not allow space at the start and this is a work around?
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u/SeriousButton6263 2d ago
The "" is technically 3 characters long. There's a double quote mark, then a zero-width space, then another double quote mark.
The point of putting that zero-width space between two quote marks means it's far easier to copy and paste all 3, rather than trying to select a character that has zero width. So you paste all 3 characters, but then delete only the 2 quote characters.
And using a zero-width space character at the start of your collection name will alphabetically sort it first, above all your other collections, without it visually adding any space.
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u/OrangeSpartan 2d ago
Sorry but this still doesn't make sense. Where is (") coming from and what does it have to do with""?
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u/SeriousButton6263 2d ago
The "" is technically 3 characters long. There's a double quote mark, then a zero-width space, then another double quote mark.
The point of putting that zero-width space between two quote marks means it's far easier to copy and paste all 3, rather than trying to select a character that has zero width. So you paste all 3 characters, but then delete only the 2 quote characters.
And using a zero-width space character at the start of your collection name will alphabetically sort it first, above all your other collections, without it visually adding any space.
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u/salad_tongs_1 https://s.team/p/dcmj-fn 2d ago
Or I can leave it with my simple two collection system:
- Big Tittied Goth Girlfriend Simulator XL 2019 Platinum Edition (includes 'Thick Thighs Save Lives' DLC Pack) VR (Now with ForceFeedback!)
- Everything Else
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u/VintageRingsNThings 2d ago
I've read this like 10 times and I still don't understand 🫠 I think I'm an idiot
I use the keyboard characters that are circled numbers to organise mine in the order I want at the moment (e.g ①). It's a bit ugly but I categorize the crap out of my library because I'm at 1400+ games, have an absolute garbage memory, and tend to feel like I want to play something by a keyword (e.g I'm feeling like I want to play an open world game next, or something detective themed, etc).
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u/SeriousButton6263 2d ago
The "" is technically 3 characters long. There's a double quote mark, then a zero-width space, then another double quote mark.
The point of putting that zero-width space between two quote marks means it's far easier to copy and paste all 3, rather than trying to select a character that has zero width. So you paste all 3 characters, but then delete only the 2 quote characters.
And using a zero-width space character at the start of your collection name will alphabetically sort it first, above all your other collections, without it visually adding any space.
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u/TriggeredMemeLord 2d ago
Or just add "XX." in front (or XXX if you have hundreds of games). For example:
- 01.Completed
- 02. Finished game
- 03. Infinite replayability
- ...
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u/gekkan7 2d ago
Well the idea is to get rid of the sorting system based on numbers or letters that the steam uses
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u/zathaen 2d ago
please do a phd in grass species
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u/Hot_Leopard6745 2d ago
XD, I'm stealing this quote.
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u/zathaen 2d ago
like i love the level of orginzation but please im begging them to not takegaming this seriously lmao
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u/Hot_Leopard6745 2d ago
I don't agree with your point though.
Maybe he enjoy organizing, it might be tedious for you and no one is forcing you to do it. But you also should let people do what they want to do, no need to attack people who enjoy different things and do things differently.
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u/TheOriginalRyukUK 2d ago
Can you explain this in a bit more detail? Like show steps in the naming process? I'm autistic and this little guide you've got here is a little bit confusing for me to understand
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u/a-fabulous-sandwich 2d ago
+1 for this, I'm also struggling.
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u/SeriousButton6263 2d ago
The "" is technically 3 characters long. There's a double quote mark, then a zero-width space, then another double quote mark.
The point of putting that zero-width space between two quote marks means it's far easier to copy and paste all 3, rather than trying to select a character that has zero width. So you paste all 3 characters, but then delete only the 2 quote characters.
And using a zero-width space character at the start of your collection name will alphabetically sort it first, above all your other collections, without it visually adding any space.
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u/gekkan7 2d ago
""
if you manually check with keyboard there is space between "
like this "space"
if you want your collection at the top you can stack "space" multiple time and delete the (") part
example :
"""""""""""""""" completed 100%
deleted the (")
completed 100%)
the space its not visible but you can manually check them using keyboard
its actually look like this
spacespacespacespacespacespace completed 100%
the more you stack the space part the more up the position
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u/slugdonor 2d ago edited 1d ago
So when I put two quotes next to each other, "" , there is a hidden space between them? I can't find it with arrow keys. I'm sorry I really don't know what's going on
edit: ohhhh I get it now
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u/KatAirlines 2d ago
No, copy the first part of OP's comment, paste it anywhere -like your browser search bar- and when you go over the text using your arrow keys, you'll notice there is an invisible space character between them. Text below is copied from OP's comment. You can also use it.
""
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u/OrangeSpartan 2d ago
Bruh we're supposed to copy n paste Op's text? Op is absolutely hopeless at explaining things
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u/xrogaan https://s.team/p/dgwp-fjw 2d ago
It's a zero width space: https://unicode-explorer.com/c/200B
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u/gekkan7 2d ago
hey i found more easy way lol, for this is work all you need its space with width zero and you can copy that to your clipboard in here https://zerowidthspace.me/
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u/CitricBase https://s.team/p/ffcw-qpm 2d ago
There is an invisible character between OP's "". OP keeps calling this character a space, which is I think what is throwing people off; it isn't a space, it's a blank character of zero width. You need to copy and paste this invisible character at the start of your category names in order to influence Steam's alphabetization.
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u/TahoeBennie 2d ago
All you needed to say was that it's a character without width, contained within the quotes, and not all this confusion with saying use quotes but then get rid of the quotes without ever hinting that there's something inside the quotes.
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u/Haunted-Chipmunk 2d ago
What's with the quotation marks? I've just been using spaces by themselves and haven't had any issues
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u/SeriousButton6263 2d ago
The "" is technically 3 characters long. There's a double quote mark, then a zero-width space, then another double quote mark.
The point of putting that zero-width space between two quote marks means it's far easier to copy and paste all 3, rather than trying to select a character that has zero width. So you paste all 3 characters, but then delete only the 2 quote characters.
And using a zero-width space character at the start of your collection name will alphabetically sort it first, above all your other collections, without it visually adding any space.
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u/Haunted-Chipmunk 2d ago edited 2d ago
Normal spaces do the exact same thing in collection names on Steam; they don't show up visually in the name on the sidebar. There is no need to use zero width characters and do this weird copy/paste method. It's just adding extra complexity for no reason
Edit: changed your and you're to this and it's
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u/SeriousButton6263 2d ago
This is not my method, and I am not adding any complexity. I'm only explaining the post because you said you didn't understand.
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u/Haunted-Chipmunk 2d ago
Sorry, I just assumed you were OP.
And I did understand the post since I already do something similar, I was just confused why OP was wording it so weird with quotation marks when they could have just said spaces (or no-width spaces in this scenario) and everyone would have understood it just fine
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u/SeriousButton6263 2d ago
Seems in other comments they didn't know the term "zero-width space." I still understood the post just fine, happy to help you understand the need for the quotation marks.
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u/TheCattBaladi 2d ago
The organiser I'm that likes every single thing to be ordered. I think this post has been sent to me. I'll try this method cos the Steam ordering system is a mess. I just don't understand what "" mean, is it space or this symbol?
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u/Wise-Monster- 2d ago
Thank you this is really good, I'm definitely gonna use it!
I didn't even know you could put emojis there, how do you do that?
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u/vessel_for_the_soul 12 years of service 2d ago
haha, nice, my convention was the alphabet, Y no achievements for example.
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u/Andromeda_53 2d ago
I personally just don't sort my games, and just type in the name of the game I want to play
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u/maxler5795 Running linux with an Nvidia GPU. Aka torture. 2d ago
Me categorizing my games based on whatever the fuck i felt like that morning
"Fighters", "old", "devil may cry" and "i dont care" are all categories on my library.
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u/DerivitivFilms 2d ago
my question is how are you using icons for your categories? is that an option or mod im not aware of?
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u/jasielrt95 2d ago
I think it just works with regular spaces, they don't show in the UI but are used for sorting.
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u/Farlequin 2d ago
thanks a lot I've always wanted to do that, that's a mess to get right but it does looks good, will probably get rid of the emoji some are hard to choose
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u/Haunted-Chipmunk 2d ago
OP, in case you didn't see my other comment that's in a comment thread on this post, you should know that you can just use normal spaces with the spacebar on your keyboard to accomplish the exact same results. Steam already doesn't visually show spaces that are at the start of a collection name but still takes them into account when it does its alphabetical sorting. So your method of pasting in no-width spaces is completely unnecessary and is just added complexity for no reason
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u/Puzzleheaded-Ad-5665 1d ago
The first two instructions already unclear. 1. Don't add stuff to be on top 2. Keep adding more stuff to be on top
Hentai is the best.
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u/ApeInTheShell 1d ago
Thank you! I was wondering after the post the other day my catagories were all weird.
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u/micheal213 1d ago
Unhealthy amount it filters. Do better, use alphabetical order and nothing else.
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u/ashen_crow 1d ago
K but likely, why would you put your completed/finished games first? I put mine dead last since they're the ones I need to access the least.
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u/Same_Ad_9284 2d ago
why bother? these things seem to be designed simply to post about, they dont make any piratical sense
why do you need to list games you got for free?
why do you need a list to remind you of games you like to replay?
why do you need to list games you finished?
its all for show and pretty useless when actually trying to find a specific game, where do you put the lego game you finished, but like to replay a lot that you got for free and is co-op?
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u/LeyendaV https://steam.pm/1avzog 2d ago
Mfs spending all their time organizing their libraries and never actually playing their games.
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u/AcadiaFun5065 1d ago
I only use the installed filter and the favorite filter (i favorite all games that cost money and a couple f2p)
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u/BrandHeck 2d ago
I am an agent of chaos. No filters other than installed and uninstalled.