Allow reordering custom session groups in the sidebar (drag-to-reorder)
What
Add the ability to manually reorder custom session groups in the left sidebar (Group by → Custom groups), e.g. via drag-and-drop of the group header, or by exposing a group-level sort.
Current behavior
With Group by: Custom groups, the group headers display in what appears to be group creation order, and nothing in the UI re-sorts them:
- The Sort by menu (Alphabetically / Created time / Recency) only sorts sessions within each group — it has no effect on the order of the group headers.
- Group headers cannot be dragged to reorder (drag only moves sessions into a group).
- Renaming groups with numeric prefixes (
[0],[5],[9] …) does not reorder them, since no sort applies to groups.
This looks related to #56060 (Sort by has no effect when Group by: Project), but is specifically about custom groups.
Expected behavior
Users can control the order of their custom groups — ideally drag-to-reorder the group headers, with the order persisted. A group-level "Sort by" (or having the existing Sort by apply to groups too) would also solve it.
Why
Custom groups are used to organize many parallel sessions by priority/topic. Without control over group order, the most-used groups can end up buried below rarely-touched ones, and there's no workaround (prefix trick only affects sessions inside a group).
Environment
- Claude Code 2.1.170
- Desktop app, left nav panel, Group by: Custom groups
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