Sort Containers

A small client-side Valheim mod that adds a sort button to chests and every other container window.

Click it and the container's contents are laid out alphabetically, row by row. Partial stacks of the same item are combined on the way (optional).

• The button sits just right of the vanilla Place stacks button and matches its styling.
• Sorting is by item name, then quality (highest first), then stack size.
• Works on any container: chests, carts, ships, reinforced chests, modded containers that use the vanilla window.
• Nothing is dropped, lost or moved between inventories. It only rearranges what is already in the container.

Installation

Install with r2modman / Thunderstore Mod Manager, or drop SortContainers.dll into BepInEx/plugins.

Requires BepInExPack Valheim and Jötunn. Client-side only: the server does not need it. The client that has a container open already owns its data, so the sorted layout is saved and synced exactly like the vanilla "Place stacks" button.

Configuration

BepInEx/config/dsoltyka.SortContainers.cfg is created on first launch.

Section	Setting	Default	Meaning
General	MergeStacks	true	Combine partial stacks of the same item while sorting
Layout	ButtonGap	4	Gap between "Place stacks" and the sort button, in pixels
Layout	ButtonSize	0	Button size in pixels; 0 matches the "Place stacks" height
Layout	IconPadding	6	Inset of the icon inside the button

Layout settings take effect the next time the container window is created (relog or restart).

Source

Code is on GitHub at dsoltyka/ValheimSortContainers.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.