# Presentation order of targets within XCode

**URL:** <https://discourse.cmake.org/t/presentation-order-of-targets-within-xcode/1675>\
**Category:** Code\
**Tags:** gen:xcode\
**Created:** [August 6, 2020, 5:28am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/presentation-order-of-targets-within-xcode/1675 "2020-08-06T05:28:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Andrew](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/andrew/32/2478_2.png) [@Andrew](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/Andrew)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 5:28am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/presentation-order-of-targets-within-xcode/1675/1 "2020-08-06T05:28:04Z")

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Using XCode with USE\_FOLDERS / set\_taget\_property(… FOLDER …) has helped organise my projects with lots of targets. However, the targets still appear inside XCode in arbitrary order (within the folders). Is there a way to enforce a particular presentation order, either sorted or defined by me?

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**Author:** ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/presentation-order-of-targets-within-xcode/1675/2 "2020-11-11T21:09:47Z")

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Cc: @gjasny