I'm having lot's of item with red (not in use)status. and i feel like having it short by the status so i can focus on the green one.

here how to do it.

in catalog/admin/categories.php

search:
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pd.products_name like '%" . tep_db_input($search) . "%' order by pd.products_name");

replace with:
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pd.products_name like '%" . tep_db_input($search) . "%' order by p.products_status");
// backup for short by status
// pd.products_name like '%" . tep_db_input($search) . "%' order by pd.products_name");


search:
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(int)$current_category_id . "' order by pd.products_name");

replace with:
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(int)$current_category_id . "' order by p.products_status");
// backup for short by status
// (int)$current_category_id . "' order by pd.products_name");

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if you want to restore it, just replace by the backup comments...

if you currently shorted by products_model, then simply change the p.products_model to p.products_status within that sql array.


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