D12337: Give the file dialogs a "Sort by" menu button on the toolbar

[Nathaniel Graham]

ngraham added a comment.


  In D12337#249793 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D12337#249793>, @markg wrote:
  
  > In D12337#249784 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D12337#249784>, @ngraham wrote:
  >
  > > In D12337#249782 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D12337#249782>, @markg wrote:
  > >
  > > > Sort already is "right in front" of the user. They merely have to click the column headers.
  > >
  > >
  > > ...Only if the view has visible columns. Short View and Tree View don't.
  >
  >
  > Right, then it should be view dependent.
  >  For the views you posted screenshots of (detailed view) the button would be a waste of space.
  >  To me this sounds more useful as a right mouse button menu (Sort by) on views that don't have header names. In a tree view that also allows for fine grained sorting control (aka, only sort the tree node you clicked on)
  
  
  It's already in the context menu. Context menus are expert features, though. Making it view-dependent is an interesting idea, but I'd worry that having it disappear when Detailed Tree View is being used would give users the idea that said view isn't sortable.

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