diff --git a/src/gui/effectList.cpp b/src/gui/effectList.cpp
index 604204b86..0be3d942a 100644
--- a/src/gui/effectList.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/effectList.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,22 @@ void FurnaceGUI::drawEffectList() {
   ImGui::SetNextWindowSizeConstraints(ImVec2(60.0f*dpiScale,20.0f*dpiScale),ImVec2(canvasW,canvasH));
   if (ImGui::Begin("Effect List",&effectListOpen,globalWinFlags)) {
     ImGui::Text("Chip at cursor: %s",e->getSystemName(e->sysOfChan[cursor.xCoarse]));
+    ImGui::SameLine();
+    if (ImGui::Button("Sort Effects")) ImGui::OpenPopup("effectSort");
+    if (ImGui::BeginPopupContextItem("effectSort")) {
+      for (int i=0; i<9; i++) {
+        ImGui::PushStyleColor(ImGuiCol_Text,uiColors[fxColorsSort[i]]);
+        ImGui::Checkbox(fxColorsNames[i],&effectsShow[i]);
+        ImGui::PopStyleColor();
+      }
+
+      if (ImGui::Button("All")) memset(effectsShow,1,sizeof(bool)*10);
+      ImGui::SameLine();
+      if (ImGui::Button("None")) memset(effectsShow,0,sizeof(bool)*10);
+
+      ImGui::EndPopup();
+    }
+    
     if (ImGui::BeginTable("effectList",2)) {
       ImGui::TableSetupColumn("c0",ImGuiTableColumnFlags_WidthFixed);
       ImGui::TableSetupColumn("c1",ImGuiTableColumnFlags_WidthStretch);
@@ -25,11 +41,24 @@ void FurnaceGUI::drawEffectList() {
       const char* prevName=NULL;
       for (int i=0; i<256; i++) {
         const char* name=e->getEffectDesc(i,cursor.xCoarse);
+        bool effectShow = true;
         if (name==prevName) {
           continue;
         }
         prevName=name;
-        if (name!=NULL) {
+        switch (fxColors[i]) {
+          case GUI_COLOR_PATTERN_EFFECT_MISC: effectShow = effectsShow[8]; break;
+          case GUI_COLOR_PATTERN_EFFECT_SONG: effectShow = effectsShow[1]; break;
+          case GUI_COLOR_PATTERN_EFFECT_SPEED: effectShow = effectsShow[3]; break;
+          case GUI_COLOR_PATTERN_EFFECT_TIME: effectShow = effectsShow[2]; break;
+          case GUI_COLOR_PATTERN_EFFECT_PITCH: effectShow = effectsShow[0]; break;
+          case GUI_COLOR_PATTERN_EFFECT_PANNING: effectShow = effectsShow[4]; break;
+          case GUI_COLOR_PATTERN_EFFECT_VOLUME: effectShow = effectsShow[5]; break;
+          case GUI_COLOR_PATTERN_EFFECT_SYS_PRIMARY: effectShow = effectsShow[6]; break;
+          case GUI_COLOR_PATTERN_EFFECT_SYS_SECONDARY: effectShow = effectsShow[7]; break;
+          default: effectShow = true; break;
+        }
+        if (name!=NULL && effectShow) {
           ImGui::TableNextRow();
           ImGui::TableNextColumn();
           ImGui::PushFont(patFont);
diff --git a/src/gui/gui.cpp b/src/gui/gui.cpp
index 0f6eaee80..4986cdfb4 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/gui.cpp
@@ -7269,6 +7269,8 @@ FurnaceGUI::FurnaceGUI():
   memset(macroRelLabel,0,32);
   memset(emptyLabel,0,32);
   memset(emptyLabel2,0,32);
+  //effect sorting
+  memset(effectsShow,1,sizeof(bool)*10);
 
   strncpy(noteOffLabel,"OFF",32);
   strncpy(noteRelLabel,"===",32);
diff --git a/src/gui/gui.h b/src/gui/gui.h
index 433056033..ee158f6af 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui.h
+++ b/src/gui/gui.h
@@ -2031,6 +2031,9 @@ class FurnaceGUI {
   bool pianoReadonly;
   int pianoOffset, pianoOffsetEdit;
   int pianoView, pianoInputPadMode;
+  
+  //effect sorting
+  bool effectsShow[10];
 
   // TX81Z
   bool hasACED;
diff --git a/src/gui/guiConst.cpp b/src/gui/guiConst.cpp
index 09fe601d4..c1446ac6f 100644
--- a/src/gui/guiConst.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/guiConst.cpp
@@ -208,6 +208,32 @@ const char* resampleStrats[]={
   "best possible"
 };
 
+const FurnaceGUIColors fxColorsSort[]={//used for sorting
+  GUI_COLOR_PATTERN_EFFECT_PITCH,
+  GUI_COLOR_PATTERN_EFFECT_SONG,
+  GUI_COLOR_PATTERN_EFFECT_TIME,
+  GUI_COLOR_PATTERN_EFFECT_SPEED,
+  GUI_COLOR_PATTERN_EFFECT_PANNING,
+  GUI_COLOR_PATTERN_EFFECT_VOLUME,
+  GUI_COLOR_PATTERN_EFFECT_SYS_PRIMARY,
+  GUI_COLOR_PATTERN_EFFECT_SYS_SECONDARY,
+  GUI_COLOR_PATTERN_EFFECT_MISC,
+  GUI_COLOR_PATTERN_EFFECT_INVALID
+};
+
+const char* fxColorsNames[]={
+  "Pitch",
+  "Song",
+  "Time",
+  "Speed",
+  "Panning",
+  "Volume",
+  "System Primary",
+  "System Secondary",
+  "Miscellaneous",
+  "Invalid"
+};
+
 const FurnaceGUIColors fxColors[256]={
   GUI_COLOR_PATTERN_EFFECT_MISC, // 00
   GUI_COLOR_PATTERN_EFFECT_PITCH, // 01
diff --git a/src/gui/guiConst.h b/src/gui/guiConst.h
index 494ba58dc..616692de5 100644
--- a/src/gui/guiConst.h
+++ b/src/gui/guiConst.h
@@ -57,4 +57,6 @@ extern const FurnaceGUIActionDef guiActions[];
 extern const FurnaceGUIColorDef guiColors[];
 extern const int altValues[24];
 extern const int vgmVersions[7];
-extern const FurnaceGUIColors fxColors[256];
\ No newline at end of file
+extern const FurnaceGUIColors fxColors[256];
+extern const FurnaceGUIColors fxColorsSort[10];
+extern const char* fxColorsNames[10];
\ No newline at end of file