I have been using sort by feature very much lately and noticed that there is weakness in the program, it is a bit too hard to access and is only available in Browser. I am using 95% of time in the program in such way that I am in Viewer and seldomly go to Browser.
Here are my suggestions
- add "View - Sort By" menu also to Viewer, not just Browser (I assume that this should be very easy to implement
- sort by options are missing from Settings - Context Menu and Settings - Shortcuts. IMO they should be in both
- - option1 (fastest/easiest to implement). Add ability to move the identical Sort By menu to Context menu of Viewer (and also Browser)
- - option2. Add ability to put individual sort by options to context menu and shortcuts. For me most important options are in priority order: sort by name, sort by extension, sort by size, sort by date modified, sort by exif date taken
It is worth saying that if user changes sorting order in viewer optimal behaviour would be that the same pic stays on screen. I give example.
pic1.jpg 200kB
pic2.jpg 40kB
pic3.jpg 4kB
Assume that sorting order is by name and you have pic2 on screen. Then pressing arrow left jumps to pic1. But if you change sorting order to size pic2 remains on screen and after that pressing arrow left jumps to pic3
Ps. sorting by size is very useful if you generate multiple variations of single picture with different packing algoritms (webp, jxl, avif, jpg) and then want to find out which is smallest size with satisfactory image quality.
"Sort by" to Viewer, context menu and shortcuts
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