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  • Published 23 Mar 2020

Make sorting order arrow in Open file diallog consistent with other file managers

I dont understand why sorting order arrow in Blender shows opposite direction than any other file manager.
Here how it looks in Blender Image But here is File Explorer Image or Total Commander Image

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zelfit
23 Mar 2020

8 Comments

rl.amorato

Ubuntu does it the same way as blender: {attachment Screenshot_from_2020-03-24_16-47-28png}{attachment Screenshot_from_2020-03-24_16-46-35png}

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Vyach

Blender variant is more logical. It shows real direction of order. FFrom A to C down. So ask other software developers to be more logical. Blender isn`t crazy. World is crazy.{attachment NewCanvas4jpg}

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zelfit Author

So ask other software developers to be more logical

Jesus.. Blender community never stops to amaze me

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Vyach

* @zelfit * name the reason, why real direction and arrow should go opposite. It is okay, when arrow is far from lilst, so it shows abstract UP and DOWN. But not in this case.

Vyach

* @zelfit * {attachment 321163jpg}

pneese

* @ Vyacheslav * Up is Ascending. Down is Decending. So having an up arrow to ascend the alphabet (higher index) makes sense. This UI element is not describing what we call the sort order, but the visual flow.

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Vyach

* @Patrick N. * I don`t see ASCENDING (downlist), I see arrowUP. Modern online shops also do not mess with this: they use word (ascending/descending) or use arrows with direction, similar with sorting direction (top, down, left, up).

r4ptor

Perfect example of odd Blender logic