[dolphin] [Bug 497437] Request: Move "Sort By > Other > Deletion Time" setting into the main "Sort By" list IF the user is on the Trash folder

[Felix Ernst]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=497437

Felix Ernst <felixernst at kde.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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         Resolution|---                         |INTENTIONAL
             Status|REPORTED                    |RESOLVED

--- Comment #1 from Felix Ernst <felixernst at kde.org> ---
The default trash folder view properties are details view mode with the
"Deletion Time" field active. So the deletion time is shown by default in
Dolphin. Sorting by deletion time is then as easy as pressing the "Deletion
Time" column header in Dolphin. Sorting in reverse is done by clicking that
column header again. With that in mind, sorting by "Deletion Time" is already
very visible by default in Dolphin.

This bug report requests to make this option also more visible in the "Sort By"
menu. Currently, the "Sort By" menu is identical in Dolphin no matter from
where the menu is opened. One gets the same menu through right-click on the
view background, the "Sort By" action in the hamburger menu, right-clicking
column headers in details view mode, and even the "Add Additional Information"
menu. Having a different sorting for the Trash folder introduces an
inconsistency and IMO creates more confusion about where actions are placed
than if we keep it consistent everywhere.

So considering that drawback and considering that by default the "Deletion
Time" and sorting by "Deletion Time" is already very visible, I will mark this
bug report as INTENTIONAL and discourage the requested change here. Users who
have changed the default view properties of the Trash folder in the past are
expected to know how they can change the view properties again to include the
"Deletion Time" when that is wanted.

If you don't remember changing the Trash folder view properties yourself and
don't remember having the "Deletion Time" by default, that is absolutely
possible because we only recently added this view property by default for users
that have the setting to use the same view properties everywhere. This might
not have affected users with older installations.

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