"Sort folders as files - except for name" does what exactly?

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"Sort folders as files - except for name" does what exactly?

#1 Post by Forez » 03.02.2023, 14:01

Under the

Tools > Settings > View > Sorting

option "Sort folders as files" is self explanatory - but what does do the "Sort folders as files - except for name" version?

I cannot spot a difference and its later description sounds like a contradiction of its function

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Re: "Sort folders as files - except for name" does what exactly?

#2 Post by ralfso » 03.02.2023, 18:39

This setting is for sorting folders on top of files when they are sorted by name and sorted mixed with files when they are sorted by date.
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Re: "Sort folders as files - except for name" does what exactly?

#3 Post by Forez » 04.02.2023, 12:53

Despite heaving read it several times, on two separate days, I still did not understood your explanation

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Re: "Sort folders as files - except for name" does what exactly?

#4 Post by ralfso » 04.02.2023, 15:08

Don't know how to explain it better.

If "sort folders as files" is cheched, folders and files are mixed in every display-sort order (by name, by date, by extension,… ).

If "sort folders as files - except for name" is cheched, folders are sorted on top of files when name-column is marked and are mixed with files if any other column is marked.
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Re: "Sort folders as files - except for name" does what exactly?

#5 Post by Forez » 15.02.2023, 18:24

So if I understood it correctly, in order for this second version to be more informative, it should be renamed to something like

"Sort folders as files - except for name (when sorting by Name column)"

or

"Sort folders as files - except for name (i.e. when sort order is by Column with Name)"

?

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Re: "Sort folders as files - except for name" does what exactly?

#6 Post by Forez » 03.04.2023, 14:23

Well, does anyone have an opinion about this?

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