XnView Software

The order of categories in Catalog Filter is not correct in 1.8.5

After upgrading from 1.8.2 to 1.8.5, the order of “-” in Catalog Filter categories has changed.

Order in 1.8.2
　+
　-
　1
　a


Order of 1.8.5
　+
　1
　a
　-

If I rename any of the categories in 1.8.5, they are in the same order as in 1.8.2.
However, when I quit XnView and start it again, it reverts back to the original.

The order seems to change depending on the next letter of “+” or “-”, but only the position of “-” is wrong.

+1
there should not be pre/post restart difference in sort order (collation) and the correct one must be applied right after creating a new object

However, both orders you posted are wrong, it should be like in windows (- + 1 a).
Clean install of the app may help, as in my 1.8.5 the sort order is correct after app restart.

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unicode collation

i can't reproduce, the order is "+ - 1 a"

Does it work differently in different languages?
I am using Japanese.
Here is a screenshot.

the sort order is localized

The problem also occurs with clean installations.
Please try to reproduce it with the Japanese version 1.8.5

with japanese windows explorer, which order do you have for '+ - 1 a'?

The problem this time is that 1.8.5 has changed the order of the files at startup from the previous version.
When renamed, the order is the same as in 1.8.2.
I would like the order to be the same as when it was renamed when it was launched.

Because the Japanese sort order in Windows is very complicated.
I don't know the correct answer because I can't find any official documentation.
There are more than 10,000 characters and the order changes depending on whether the second character is alphanumeric, hiragana, katakana, or kanji.

you can add in xnview.ini [%General] localizedSortCategory=false

What do you mean?
Does that mean this is not a bug?

There is a change in 1.8.5 with sorting on some languages.
If you want same behavior, you can edit your xnview.ini and add localizedSortCategory=false