No sort option when adding photo to an album on iPhone via "Add to Album"

there is no sorting option when using "Add to album" in iOS 18. But I can see the folders, when I use "Add to album". My solution to manage my albums is structure them with nested folders. And no folder is holding more then ten subfolders or albums. So I can see at a glance, without scrolling, all subfolders and albums need just three taps to get to any album I want even with more than a thousand albums.

I've been wondering about this, and since you haven't gotten a ton of responses, I'm going to say it: You seem to have a Mac, and the iPhone and Mac Photos are both synchronized through iCloud-- is that right?

If so, then I'm confused why you wouldn't be doing this on the Mac where things like this are so much simpler. I mean, the iPhone is tiny, and it has a much less powerful processor. Is something wrong with Photos on your Mac?

léonie wrote: … My solution to manage my albums is structure them with nested folders.

Right--if you have more than a few albums, Folders are essential!

Also, the order of the albums is the same as the order on the Mac. So if you use the automatic sorting in Mac Photos, or if you sort them manually in whatever order works for you, then that order is copied to Photos on iOS and iPadOS. For instance, my dated albums, in folders, are sorted by date, recent on top. I do that manually, because the auto sorting is oldest on top. On my phone and iPad, they also become sorted my way.

That's why I asked about the Mac. I should have been clearer when I said, "doing this on the Mac where things like this are so much simpler," "this" was supposed to be "sorting." I remember being chastised by my English teacher for my "pronouns with missing antecedents."

Yes, I understood why you recommended to do the sorting on the Mac, Richard. But I would not rely too much on the sorting of the Mac. Right now, the manual sorting of the list of albums is syncing perfectly with iCloud Photos between my Mac and my iPhone. But on some system versions the sorting did not sync, and the user guide does not mention if the sorting is supposed to remain stable across our synced devices. So I am treating it as a system specific, unsupported feature, enjoying it, while it is working, but not trusting it to stay across system upgrades.

And it dies not guarantee, that the albums on the iPhone will be sorted the same in the list of albums, that is shown when we use the command "Share > Add to album" on our iPhone. This list of albums on the iPhone sometimes differs from the list in the collection "Albums" on the iPhone with iOS 18.

Are you saying, that on your iPhone the dialog "Share > Add to Album" is sorting your albums the same way as the the sidebar with albums on your Mac?

I now remember that I once thought "Share > Add to album" had weird behavior. But I just checked, and the albums in folders and in "folders in folders" are just as in the phone's album view and on my Mac. So "Share > Add to album" seems to be working as I'd like to think it should.

May it stay this way for a long time, Richard!