Elliot's Tumblelog

Gmail Label Sort Order

We have special characters, numbers, and alphabet letters. They are sorted in that order. The letters are sorted in case-insensitive order.

Special characters sort order:
_ , ; : ! ? . ` ~ ’ ” [ ] { @ $ * \ # % +
(note: you can’t create a label with “{” alone, but “{abc” is fine)

Illegal characters (can’t use these in the labels):
& ( ) - / ^ | }

So there you have it. I think I am going to use “_” for Mind Sweep, “@” for action lists, and maybe “+” for projects.

The sort order is a little puzzling, as it’s not in ASCII order. Maybe I should dig into the gmail code to find out. :)