OK I've just looked further and you can sort by id when doing a catalog search
but it isn't an option for sorting results in an all items search. Which
seems inconsitent.
In Suggestions, mcmit writes:
I think it might be helpful to be able to sort our searche of the catalog by
item number.
It would be particular helpful when needing to determine the next number in sequence
when adding new parts with patterns and minifigures.
Shops seem to have this functionality but not the main catalog.
OK I've just looked further and you can sort by id when doing a catalog search
but it isn't an option for sorting results in an all items search. Which
seems inconsitent.
I requested this functionality to be added years ago, and it never did. So it
goes...