---
title: "Settings - Sorted wiki"
description: "Every setting, what it does and its default."
url: https://voxelsprout.com/sorted/wiki/settings
---

[Sorted](https://voxelsprout.com/sorted) [Wiki](https://voxelsprout.com/sorted/wiki)Settings

# Settings

Every setting, what it does and its default.

Open the settings with `/sorted config`, or from Mod Menu. They are saved in `config/sorted.json`.

## Sorting

* **Merge partial stacks default On:** Before sorting, combine partial stacks of the same item, so only one partial stack is left.
* **Auto-sort containers on open default Off:** Sort a chest, barrel or shulker box when you open it, in the layout you used on it last.
* **Restore inventory layout after death default On:** Put picked-up items back in the slots they were in. See [After you die](https://voxelsprout.com/sorted/wiki/after-you-die).
* **Auto-sort inventory on pickup default Off:** Sort your inventory again after a pickup, once you have sorted it by hand.
* **Actions per tick default 15:** How many clicks a sort or transfer sends per tick. 0 is no limit. See [Servers](https://voxelsprout.com/sorted/wiki/servers).

## Transfers

* **Highlight used containers default On:** Light up the chests a nearby Quick Stack or Quick Fill used, for 3 seconds.
* **Skip ender chests default Off:** Leave ender chests out of nearby Quick Stack and Quick Fill.
* **Protect all tools default Off:** Tools and weapons are never sent to a chest.
* **Protect enchanted items default Off:** Anything with an enchantment is never sent to a chest.
* **Protect named items default Off:** Anything you renamed in an anvil is never sent to a chest.
* **Keep list editor:** Opens the keep list. See [The keep list](https://voxelsprout.com/sorted/wiki/keep-list).
* **Reset the keep list:** Back to the two rules Sorted starts with: ender chests and elytra.
* **Clear the keep list:** Removes every rule, those two included.

## Container labels

* **Shulker boxes default On:** Labels on placed shulker boxes.
* **Chests default Off:** Labels on chests and trapped chests.
* **Barrels default Off:** Labels on barrels.
* **Contents on shulker items default On:** The main item on the lid of a shulker box item.
* **Show default Items + name:** **Items**, **Name**, **Items + name**, or **Items, name if empty**.
* **Items shown default 4:** How many items, the most common first. 0 shows the name only.
* **Dynamic item size default On:** Fewer items are drawn bigger. Off draws them the same size on every container.
* **Outline label text default On:** A dark outline around the name, so it reads on light containers.
* **Rotate to face player default On:** Labels on top of a container turn to face you.
* **Show on the side you face default Chests:** Move the label to the side you stand at, per kind of container.
* **Range (blocks) default 16:** How far away labels show.

## Cache

* **Show names in the search grid default Off:** Write the name under each icon in the search grid.
* **Enable container cache default On:** Remember what is in the containers you open. See [Chest memory](https://voxelsprout.com/sorted/wiki/chest-memory).
* **Auto-scan nearby containers default Off:** Open and close containers within reach that you can see, to keep the memory up to date.
* **Auto-scan range (blocks) default 4:** How far auto-scan looks, up to your normal reach.
* **Cache staleness (hours) default 72:** After this long, a container counts as out of date.
* **Staleness counts default Auto:** **Time in world**, **Real time**, or **Auto**: time in world in singleplayer, real time on servers.
* **Invalidate when others open (MP) default On:** On a server, mark a chest out of date when another player opens it.
* **Clear current world cache:** Forget every container in this world or on this server.

## Servers

* **Built-in server blacklist default On:** Switch off completely on servers that do not allow automation.
* **Block subdomains default On:** A blocked server also blocks its subdomains, such as play.example.com.
* **Show disabled-on-server notice default On:** A chat line when you join a server where Sorted is switched off.
* **Guard server menus default On:** Hide the buttons in shop and menu screens. Per server with `/sorted menuguard`.
* **Always-ignore menu titles default Empty:** Chest titles that are always treated as a menu.
* **Always-allow menu titles default Empty:** Chest titles that are always treated as a real chest.
* **Custom blocked servers default Empty:** More servers where Sorted switches off. Names, addresses and `*.example.com` work.
* **Auto-lower rate on kick default On:** Slow down on a server that kicks you during a sort.
* **Minimum auto rate default 5 / sec:** The slowest it will go after kicks.
* **Learned limits:** The servers that were slowed down, each with a reset button.

## Keys

| Key            | In Options, Controls              | Default |
| -------------- | --------------------------------- | ------- |
| Search         | **Sorted: Open Container Search** | \`      |
| Sort inventory | **Sorted: Quick Sort Inventory**  | R       |
| Keep list      | **Sorted: Open Keep List**        | Not set |

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