[TOS6] File Manager - sorting order of files & folders

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DanielB
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[TOS6] File Manager - sorting order of files & folders

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SUMMARY: The sorting behaviour in TOS6's File Manager (and elsewhere in TOS, for instance Control Panel->Shared Folder) is, in my opinion, unusual, undesirable, and frustrating. A revision of TOS sorting methods would be most welcome.

CURRENT BEHAVIOURS:
  • Column headers in File Manager have no sorting direction indicators
    ... yet they do in Control Panel
  • When sorting by Name column, files and folders are mixed together — rather than sorted folders first then sorted files, as is the normal sorting behaviour in Windows, Android, and literally every other OS I've ever used:
    ----= TOS: book.ico, [comics], [covers], magazines.txt ----= Windows: [comics], [covers], book.ico, magazines.txt
  • When sorting by Name column, item names starting with a capital letter are all presented before item names starting with a lower case letter — rather than alphabetically regardless of capitalization, and it does so regardless of whether the item is a folder or filename:
    ----= TOS: [Comics], [Covers], Magazines.txt, book.ico ----=Windows: [Comics], [Covers], book.ico, Magazines.txt
  • When sorting by Name, an item name that starts with a series of capital letters is given alphabetical superiority over one that starts with fewer capital letters, regardless of whether the item is a folder of filename, and regardless of the actual alphabetical order of subsequent letters being sorted:
    ----= TOS: [APples], [Applas], BMW.jpg, BMart.txt, [Banners] ----= Windows: [Applas], [APples], [Banners], BMart.txt, BMW.jpg
  • When sorting by Type column, Types are sorted by ... I don't even know ...
    ----= TOS: mp3, doc, docx, eml, pdf, txt, xls, xlsx, Folder, jpg, png ----= Windows: Folder(always first), doc, docx, eml, jpg, mp3, pdf, png, txt, xls, xlsx
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TMLila
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Re: [TOS6] File Manager - sorting order of files & folders

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DanielB wrote: 15 Oct 2024, 05:46
Thank you for your feedback. We have added your suggestions to our requirements list and will work on optimizing them in future updates.
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