mlieThe Tab-sorting Mod automatically organizes furniture and structures into the correct architect tabs. Originally based on LightsTab by betaALPHAs, this improved version eliminates the need for numerous patch files by using C# to sort items dynamically after loading. This makes the mod simpler, faster, and easier to maintain—though it may add a few seconds to startup time depending on the number of tabs changed.
Tab-sorting Mod Features
Automatic sorting
- All lights to a separate Lights tab.
- All walls and doors to the Structure tab.
- All floors to the Floors tab.
- All beds and linkable furniture to a separate Bedroom tab.
- All hospital beds and medical furniture to a separate Hospital tab.
- All tables and sittable furniture to a separate Tables/Chairs tab.
- All decorative items to a separate Decorations tab.
- All kitchen furniture and linkables to a separate Kitchen tab.
- All research furniture to a separate Research tab.
- All Ideology ritual furniture to a separate Ideology tab.
Special cases
- Storage containers: Moved to the Storage tab. If Extended Storage or LWM’s Deep Storage is installed, their Storage tab will be used instead.
Integration with other mods
- Garden Tools: Garden-related items go to the Garden Tools tab from VGP Garden Tools.
- Fences and Floors: All fences are placed in the Fences tab from Fences and Floors.
Additional options
- Automatically remove empty tabs after sorting.
- Hide tabs that are unavailable due to missing research.
- Alphabetically sort all tabs (Zones and Orders tabs can be excluded).
- Manual sorting: move items or entire categories as you prefer.
- Move all items using the same button at once (e.g., stuffed floors).
- Create custom tabs for your own organization.
- Support for marcin212’s Architect Icons.
- Sort the main architect buttons.
- Reorder buildable items or sort them alphabetically.
Contributions and translations
- Korean translation: by isty2e.
- Russian translation: by Reiquard.
- Performance updates: and “Move all” feature by Taranchuk.
- Kitchen room role worker fix: by slippycheeze.
If you find items that are misplaced or not sorted at all, please report them with the item name and originating mod, either in the Steam comments or via the Discord support channel. Suggestions for new categories are also welcome.
Additional credits: betaALPHAs, Taranchuk, slippycheeze, isty2e, Reiquard, marcin212
