I don’t know about BBEdit 12, being as I am still on 11.6.8, I believe. My iMac 
is nine years old, so I am waiting until I can get a new one, before upgrading 
to BBEdit. 12.

Kind regards in Christ,

Bill Kochman
Bill's Bible Basics
https://www.billkochman.com

> On Mar 13, 2018, at 8:45 AM, Allen Hancock <hanc...@yesthatallen.com> wrote:
> 
> Glad it helped. I’m a huge fan of that window palette and wish I could have 
> it in all apps. 
> 
> That’s said, when I right click on BBEdit’s dock icon, the first section is a 
> jumble. The next section has all the windows in order. 
> 
> Maybe that’s new in v12? 
> 
> 
>> On Mar 12, 2018, at 12:54 PM, Bill Kochman <wordweaver...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Allen,
>> 
>> Thank you very much for your response. It wasn’t exactly the answer I was 
>> looking for, but it most definitely helps, because everything is in fact 
>> listed in alphabetical order in the window. Plus, the narrow window stays 
>> open on my desktop, unless I decide to close it. I use the aforementioned 
>> open documents throughout the day, so your suggestion definitely saves me 
>> some time.
>> 
>> Yes, when I submitted my question, I too already suspected that document 
>> ordering in the Dock menu is something which is controlled by the Mac OS, 
>> and not by BBEdit. It would be nice though to receive an official response 
>> from Rich or Patrick. :)
>> 
>> Thanks again. Kind regards,
>> 
>> Bill Kochman
>> 
>> 
>>> On Mar 12, 2018, at 9:38 AM, Allen Hancock <hanc...@yesthatallen.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> This isn't a direct answer to your question, but is how I gain sanity in 
>>> these regards:
>>> 
>>> I use the Windows palette, and close/reopen it was needed.
>>> 
>>> From the Window menu, choose Palettes -> Windows
>>> 
>>> It will list all open windows in alphabetical order, then add new ones to 
>>> the bottom.
>>> 
>>> This is perfect, for me, and when I have too much crap at the bottom, I 
>>> close windows I don't need anymore, then might close & re-open the pallet 
>>> itself if I want everything re-ordered.
>>> 
>>> Based on what I see in the dock menu, I'm not at all sure BBEdit has 
>>> control over the first section, but the rest seem to be in alpha order, for 
>>> me (BBEdit 12.1.2)
>>>  
>>> Hope this is useful.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 4:30 PM, Bill Kochman <wordweaver...@gmail.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>> 
>>>> When I click on the BBEdit app icon in the Dock to reveal the list of open 
>>>> docs, is there a way to force the items shown to always be listed 
>>>> alphabetically?
>>>> 
>>>> I usually have about three dozen BBEdit docs open and minimized in the 
>>>> Dock at any one time, so having their titles all mixed up is rather 
>>>> confusing.
>>>> 
>>>> I tried adding prefixes to some of the file names, but that didn't totally 
>>>> resolve the problem.
>>>> 
>>>> I used the search engine in the Google Groups BBEdit Talk group, but it 
>>>> showed zero results for my question, no matter how I phrased it.
>>>> 
>>>> Is there perhaps a Terminal command which will force BBEdit to do what I 
>>>> want?
>>>> 
>>>> BTW, I am using BBEdit 11.6.8 on a nine year old 24" iMac with El Capitan.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks, and kind regards,
>>>> 
>>>> Bill Kochman
>>> 
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