GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 687270
Saving newest/oldest at top preference on close
Last modified: 2021-06-18 15:17:29 UTC
On start, Nautilus 3.6 on Arch Linux (Gnome 3.6 too) displays oldest files at top. I have them set to display by Modification Date. I think that when I change them to newest at top by clicking the heading on the top of the List View. This behavior is very bad in my opinion because I don't want to click the heading every time I open Nautilus, I want it to save my idea, or at least let me force it to change on dconf-editor. Also, on Icon View, putting newest on top is impossible, one has to go to the list view and change it and then go back to the icon view. Because I prefer Icon View, this means extra work every time I open Nautilus.
I think nautilus should simply default to newest at top, because that's what is most useful. "Newer information is usually more relevant."
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