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jt1122

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Sorting columns in thunar

Hi,

Is it possible to set as a default in thunar that items be sorted by a specific column, e.g. name-ascending?.

I know that clicking on the column heading sorts entries but this needs to be repeated for each new folder.

Thanks

desipher

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Re: Sorting columns in thunar

Hi,

Is it possible to set as a default in thunar that items be sorted by a specific column, e.g. name-ascending?.

I know that clicking on the column heading sorts entries but this needs to be repeated for each new folder.

Thanks

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Last edited by desipher (2021-05-17 10:28:42)

jt1122

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Re: Sorting columns in thunar

Thanks.

On my side view->arrange items doesn't exist. Which version are you on? or is that a plug-in?.

Cheers

desipher

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Registered: 2021-05-10

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Re: Sorting columns in thunar

Thanks.

On my side view->arrange items doesn't exist. Which version are you on? or is that a plug-in?.

Cheers

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jt1122

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Re: Sorting columns in thunar

sparky rolling Po-tolo (=deb testing).

desipher

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Re: Sorting columns in thunar

sparky rolling Po-tolo (=deb testing).

so what version are you on? thunar veresion.

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Last edited by desipher (2021-05-17 11:19:34)

jt1122

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Re: Sorting columns in thunar

Thanks.

desipher

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Re: Sorting columns in thunar

Thanks.

Your welcome but did it work? Were you able to find a fix or not?

unfrozen_railroad

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Re: Sorting columns in thunar

I was also trying to achieve something like this, but was not able to find the option that desipher mentioned (I'm using 4.16).

However I was able to achieve it using the Settings Editor. Under the 'thunar' channel, look for the property 'last-sort-column'. I used the value 'THUNAR_COLUMN_NAME' to default sorting by name.

Then just close all your Thunar windows and verify that the setting was applied.

desipher

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Registered: 2021-05-10

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Re: Sorting columns in thunar

I was also trying to achieve something like this, but was not able to find the option that desipher mentioned (I'm using 4.16).

However I was able to achieve it using the Settings Editor. Under the 'thunar' channel, look for the property 'last-sort-column'. I used the value 'THUNAR_COLUMN_NAME' to default sorting by name.

Then just close all your Thunar windows and verify that the setting was applied.

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