Hello,

At the moment picklists do not feature a display order, but as you say, they can be controlled with a numeric prefix.  We may add display order control in the future.

I appreciate numerical or single letter prefixes aren't ideal, but they look ok and achieve a result.  They also make reporting and filtering quick easy.

E.g.  Consider an example where you are working with sales leads for people looking to buy a car.  The Sales Lead record has a custom field and picklist that records the "Body type", prefixed with a number and bracket:

1) Coupe

2) Convertible

3) Estate

4) Hatchback

etc.

If you want to filter or report on the leads that involve hatchback and estate cars you can filter on "Body type > contains > 1,2".  This saves you having to type each name.  In a large list this can save a lot of time.

I hope you find this information useful.