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Sort Order different then Explorer

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:01 am
by imforumman
Hello,

The sort order of the files in XnView is different from that used by the Windows Explorer. This is kind of annoying... here an example:

Windows:
IMG_6534.jpg
IMG_6534-psp.jpg
IMG_6536.jpg
IMG_6537.jpg
IMG_6537-ws.jpg
IMG_6541.jpg

XnView:
IMG_6534-psp.jpg
IMG_6534.jpg
IMG_6536.jpg
IMG_6537-ws.jpg
IMG_6537.jpg
IMG_6541.jpg

Possibly XnView sorts by whole filename and finds that a "-" comes before ".", whereas the Explorer sorts by filename without extension and finds that "IMG_6534" comes before the longer "IMG_6534-psp" and only then sorts identical filenames by extension.

I think it would make sense to follow the MS-imposed standard, just so that a files are sorted the same in all programs.

Thanks... and BTW, 1.9 RC2 is looking good!

Re: Sort Order different then Explorer

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 12:03 pm
by xnview
imforumman wrote: I think it would make sense to follow the MS-imposed standard, just so that a files are sorted the same in all programs.
Right...

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 12:57 pm
by imforumman
Fixed.

Thank you!