# Block references not ordered alphabetically dropdown list in Property Editor

**URL:** <http://forum.qcad.org/t/block-references-not-ordered-alphabetically-dropdown-list-in-property-editor/12106>\
**Category:** QCAD Troubleshooting and Problems\
**Created:** [October 20, 2026, 5:47am UTC](http://forum.qcad.org/t/block-references-not-ordered-alphabetically-dropdown-list-in-property-editor/12106 "2026-10-20T05:47:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![ecke](http://forum.qcad.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/87869e/32.png) [@ecke](http://forum.qcad.org/u/ecke)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 5:47am UTC](http://forum.qcad.org/t/block-references-not-ordered-alphabetically-dropdown-list-in-property-editor/12106/1 "2026-10-20T05:47:57Z")

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QCAD Professional version: 3.33.1.0  
Date: Sep 8 2026  
Qt version: 6.11.2  
Compiler version: Clang 21.0.0  
Build date: Sep 8 2026  
Revision: 897079c2d11aaa0869f839a6cf5df8a937dbddbe

Architecture: arm64  
OS: macOS 15.8.1 (Sequoia)  
Downloaded Package: qcad-3.33.1-pro-macos-13-26-qt6-arm64.dmg

Hi,

Recently a bug was fixed to restore the drop down selection list of block references in the field Referenced Block in the Property Editor widget, see [https://www.qcad.org/bugs/2725/](https://www.qcad.org/bugs/2725/).

I have just realized, that the selection ist is now unordered (or at least not ordered in a human understandable way), see screenshot.

 ![Bildschirmfoto 2026-10-17 um 18.45.16](https://cdn.qcad.org/original/2X/1/110f708627f19a1c6d4a5ed36f28e549083d7643.png)

What should happen?

The list of block references in the field Referenced Block in the Property Editor should be ordered alphabetically.

Please let me know if you can confirm the behaviour.

Thanks and best regards  
Patrick

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**Author:** ![andrew](http://forum.qcad.org/user_avatar/forum.qcad.org/andrew/32/14926_2.png) [@andrew](http://forum.qcad.org/u/andrew)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 7:53am UTC](http://forum.qcad.org/t/block-references-not-ordered-alphabetically-dropdown-list-in-property-editor/12106/2 "2026-10-20T07:53:16Z")

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Hi,

Thank you for your report.

Bug report at:

> **[QCAD Bug Tracker — FS#2757: Property Editor: order of blocks in block drop down](https://qcad.org/bugs/2757/)**
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> Property Editor: order of blocks in block drop down

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**Author:** ![ecke](http://forum.qcad.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/87869e/32.png) [@ecke](http://forum.qcad.org/u/ecke)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](http://forum.qcad.org/t/block-references-not-ordered-alphabetically-dropdown-list-in-property-editor/12106/3 "2026-10-20T18:23:59Z")

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Hi Andrew,

Many thanks for your quick reaction! I’m impressed that the bug will already be fixed in the coming release. Thank you so much for the excellent support!

Best Regards  
Patrick