---
title: "Using the Routific Timeline"
description: "Inspect, sort, and change your routes — all from one view."
url: https://help.routific.com/en/articles/71-using-the-routific-timeline
collection: "Route planning"
updated: 2026-11-09
language: en
---

# Using the Routific Timeline

Inspect, sort, and change your routes — all from one view.

### Overview

The Timeline is the horizontal section below your map. It's one of the most popular ways to see what your routes look like for the day, make changes to your routes, and understand how they relate to one another.

### Sorting your routes

Use the **Sort by** menu at the top of the Routes page, next to the view menu, to choose the order your routes appear in:

-   **Earliest start time** — routes that leave first are at the top.
    
-   **Latest start time** — routes that leave last are at the top.
    
-   **Route Name (A → Z)** or **Route Name (Z → A)** — alphabetical.
    

![Routes screen for Wed, Oct 28 shows a Vancouver-area map and three truck timelines; a red arrow points to the open Sort menu. Visible: Routes, Wed, Oct 28, Routes timeline, Sort, Earliest start time, Latest start time.](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/ghelparticle/Rf11CsOMZCjoUc2lgCbWt0zi6djLdd0kxaCaB9vW3tRgLLA98GCqSZB1BR484bqe6tOCeZzWeAg.png)

Start time is when a route is planned to leave its start location. Routes without one, like routes you haven't optimized yet, always sit at the bottom.

When you sort by start time, routes stay put while you make changes, so a route won't jump around as you drag stops. Routific re-sorts after you optimize. To re-sort any time, pick the same option from the menu again.

Your choice applies to both the timeline and list view, carries over to CSV exports, and is remembered on this browser.

### Reordering stops with drag and drop

![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/ghelparticle/E2107v4WN3ndebFG27K4Xk7Hx9iBQWzUVUzCOIjA9d3HKWRcKjtiokCguJ7Fo29s7ujijm03sE5.gif)

-   **Move a stop within the same route** — click and drag a stop to a new position on the route.
    
-   **Move a stop to a different route** — Click a stop and drag it from one route to another. Routific automatically inserts it at the best location.
    
-   **Move multiple stops at once** — hold **Shift** and click to select several stops, then drag them together onto a _different_ route.
    

> **Note:** Multi-select drag and drop currently works only when moving stops to another route. To reorder several stops within the same route, move them one at a time.

### Showing and hiding stop numbers

![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/gattachments/glpIO8lCO7pD08gdC3cGRC55EqtnhgKN1g51r8JVIfuS9iYierdyrHX3MnRrrEgVE5Zsa1t0bwF.png)

By default, stop numbers stay hidden until you select a route. Click a route to reveal its numbers, along with a list view where you can inspect individual stops and orders in more detail.

If you'd rather see every stop number across all routes at once, turn this setting on at the bottom-right of the screen.

### Adjusting the Timeline height

![](https://files.gleap.io/pf/gattachments/tlQi9776gPsI2HtQow1a9adxHA6O9FwVnFxu6ZWUEIFZhaPjYRowAKXtAFByg65OOMcss3Uc3oe.gif?v=1&k=a&s=api&e=1794830400&sig=kVz4sVyYCU8-tH8tyzWFexSNlIe7D83Q1lT4uNcCogo)

Drag the top edge of the Timeline up or down to change how much space it takes up on screen:

-   **Drag down** to focus on a single route.
    
-   **Drag up** to see more routes at once.
    

### Getting more space on screen

-   Go to drop-down menu in the top-right. **Select map only** to collapse the Timeline and list views entirely and view a full-screen map. From here, you can use tools like the Lasso tool and make changes to routes directly on the map.
    
-   **Collapse the left Routes panel** by clicking the **<** arrow to give the Timeline more room.
    

![](https://files.gleap.io/pf/gattachments/KyYUkNEwsWX8TtNy42rlDqsOwFNDo3LkvmtEzb6UkodyeUBLsVfE5pjZB7dtoEmUZX4JNjIi9NG.gif?v=1&k=a&s=api&e=1794830400&sig=5Ph3QUZtteomiy2GpS8Qv_MVSCk75P5hTOXMdunmCEM)