# Limit Number of Items

**URL:** https://air.tableforums.com/t/limit-number-of-items/838
**Category:** General
**Created:** [August 20, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/limit-number-of-items/838 "2023-08-20T13:46:45Z")
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### Author: ![kls06541](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d07c76/32.png) [@kls06541](https://air.tableforums.com/u/kls06541)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/limit-number-of-items/838/1 "2023-08-20T13:46:45Z")

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No one noticed?

![Screenshot_1](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/tableforums/original/1X/3ef9d7424f444729155e5956432b50ff98ddc665.png)

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### Author: ![ScottWorld](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/air.tableforums.com/scottworld/32/5_2.png) [@ScottWorld](https://air.tableforums.com/u/ScottWorld)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/limit-number-of-items/838/2 "2023-08-20T14:19:06Z")

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Thanks for posting! Looks like they silently released this on Friday.

That’s a pretty cool new feature, but it’s very disappointing that they don’t give us the ability to automatically sort the linked records in any way.

“First” and “Last” are essentially meaningless unless the linked records can be meaningfully sorted.

We have long needed the ability to automatically sort linked records by any field that we want to sort by — which is a feature that all other database apps offer (all database apps that I know of).

However, this is definitely a baby step in the right direction. Hopefully, they will finish building this feature.

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### Author: ![kls06541](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d07c76/32.png) [@kls06541](https://air.tableforums.com/u/kls06541)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/limit-number-of-items/838/3 "2023-08-20T14:32:01Z")

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I couldn’t agree more with every word you just said.

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### Author: ![Karlstens](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/air.tableforums.com/karlstens/32/929_2.png) [@Karlstens](https://air.tableforums.com/u/Karlstens)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/limit-number-of-items/838/4 "2023-08-21T22:50:05Z")

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I can’t help but wonder if this is the first steps into finally getting Sort toggles for Linked Fields. When you think about it - the Lookup “Limit to the Last/First” elements will really only be useful for those sorting the source Linked Field - a task that’s either manual (only really applicable for small arrays), or only approachable from a Script.