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Wrixton keeps your lists focused by sorting items in a consistent, predictable order. Two layers of ranking work together: priority establishes coarse buckets, and position lets you fine-tune the order within each bucket. A third command, track rank, gives you a quick interactive reorder when you want to reshuffle several items at once.

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Priority

Every item has a priority between 1 (highest urgency) and 5 (lowest), defaulting to 3. Priority is the primary sort key for all item lists — todos, chores, shopping, groceries, and tasks all sort by priority first. 
# Set priority when adding an item
track add todo "File taxes" --due 2026-04-15 -p 1

# Change priority on an existing item
track pri t-1f3a 1     # → P1 (red)
track pri t-1f3a 3     # → P3 (default)
track pri t-1f3a 5     # → P5 (dimmed)
Priorities 1 and 2 are highlighted in red and yellow in the terminal. Priority 5 is dimmed. These visual cues also influence the today view: items at priority 1 or 2 appear automatically even if they have no due date.

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Position

Within each priority bucket, items are ordered by a manual position you control. Use track move to nudge a single item: 
track move t-1f3a top       # float to the top of its priority bucket
track move t-1f3a up        # swap with the item above it
track move t-1f3a down      # swap with the item below it
track move t-1f3a bottom    # sink to the bottom of its priority bucket

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Interactive reorder with track rank

When you want to reshuffle an entire list at once, track rank presents the current order and lets you type a new sequence of position numbers: 
track rank todos        # reorder your todo list
track rank chores       # reorder chores
track rank shopping     # reorder shopping + gifts (shared pool)
track rank groceries    # reorder groceries
track rank kitchen-reno # reorder tasks inside the kitchen-reno project
The command prints the current order with numbered positions, then prompts you to enter the new order as a space- or comma-separated list of those numbers: 
current order (todos):
   1.   t-1f3a  TODO  P1  File taxes  2026-04-15
   2.   t-9b2c  TODO  P1  Call dentist
   3.   t-4d8e  TODO  P3  Read book

enter new order as numbers (e.g. '3 1 2 4'), or blank to cancel:
> 2 1 3
reordered.

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Today view blending

track today (and the web UI’s Today lens) blends priority and due date into a single focus list. An item appears in the today view if any of the following is true:
  • Its due date is today or in the past
  • Its priority is 1 or 2
  • Its status is doing
Within that list, items are still sorted by priority first, then by due date, so the most urgent overdue items float to the top automatically.

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Non-ranked lists

Projects, features, and requirements are not priority-ranked — they sort alphabetically by title instead. The one exception: completed projects always sink to the bottom of track projects regardless of title, keeping active work at the top.