My drop-down list of saved courses is not in alphabetical order anymore.

seilogramp said:

In my case, the courses seem to be ordered by creation date

Same for me.

I had another look at the dropdown list and it seems you're right. But with the numerous courses I created over almost 10 years it is very hard to remember when I created each one, so it is also very hard to find a particular one in this chronological list. The old alphabetical one was a lot easier. Not every change is an improvement!

It use to be when I click to select a course, it was in alphabetical order descending. Now it's the same awful mess that comes up in the app when I select a course. This really sucks. Is there a way that I can switch it back. I have dyslexia and looking at this out of whack mess makes it next to impossible for me to find the course that I am trying to find. Help me please. 

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Here is a workaround for Chrome and Firefox, to sort the activity course dropdown in alphabetical order.

It involves:

- installing Tampermonkey, an extension which allows user scripts to run on websites

- adding a user script to Tampermonkey which sorts the course dropdown

[click images to enlarge them]

Setup

1) Install tampermonkey: https://www.tampermonkey.net/

2) (Chrome only) Follow the instructions in the tampermonkey FAQ under Q209: Permission to execute userscripts: https://www.tampermonkey.net/faq.php#Q209

3) Click on the extensions icon (looks like a puzzle piece) next to the address bar, then click on the Tampermonkey extension.

Chrome:

Firefox:

[be sure to click on the extension itself, *not* the gear icon next to it]

4) Select Create a new script...

This will open a tampermonkey script editor:

5) Delete all the existing text in the tampermonkey script editor

6) In another tab, open the following link, select all the text (CTRL-A / CMD-A), and copy it (CTRL-C / CMD-C):

https://pastebin.com/raw/jdmU10G3

7) Switch back to the tampermonkey script editor and paste all the text that was previously copied (CTRL-V / CMD-V)

8) Select File > Save

Usage

After completing the setup described above, the Connect activity course dropdown will automatically be sorted in alphabetical order. (If you already have an activity page open, reload the page for the changes to take effect.)

Disable/Enable Script

If you need to disable the script for any reason, open an activity in the Connect website, click on the Tampermonkey extension, and click on the toggle next next to the script.

A green toggle means the script is enabled:

A grey toggle means the script is disabled:

Uninstall Script

Click the right chevron/arrow next to the script (›) and select Delete. At this point, you can also disable or uninstall Tampermonkey, if you wish.

I contacted Garmin Australia approx 6 weeks ago and was told that a developer request would be raised.  It is a recent issue (last 2 months) as courses were always in alphabetic order.  Surely Garmin has the resources onboard to fix this basic problem .... instead of a world-wide audience installing a workaround!!

HadrianWalker said:

It is a recent issue (last 2 months) as courses were always in alphabetic order.

Why don't you use the built-in course sorting by "Course Name A to Z" or "Course Name A to A"? It works for me just fine

trux said:

HadrianWalker said:

It is a recent issue (last 2 months) as courses were always in alphabetic order.

Why don't you use the built-in course sorting by "Course Name A to Z" or "Course Name A to A"? It works for me just fine

The ppl in this thread are referring to the courses dropdown list in an activity and saying that it's sorted in order of creation [*].

To be clear, this dropdown:

- shows you the course currently associated with the activity (if any)

- allows you to manually associate a course with the activity

[*] This is clearly and concisely explained in the OP (which also mentions they are not experiencing this problem with the Courses page that you are referring to) and subsequent responses: