Bug 369336

Summary: Put "open with" list in alphabetical order please
Product: [Applications] dolphin Reporter: Patrick Silva <bugseforuns>
Component: generalAssignee: Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: wishlist CC: cfeck, nate, samrog131
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 16.12.2   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Attachments: demonstration

Description Patrick Silva 2016-09-25 16:02:44 UTC
it's easier to find the desired option if the list is in alphabetical order.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.open dolphin, right click on any file, select "open with"
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
"open with" list is not in alphabetical order. See the screenshot.

Expected Results:  
"open with" list is in alphabetical order.
Comment 1 Patrick Silva 2016-09-25 16:03:20 UTC
Created attachment 101284 [details]
demonstration
Comment 2 Rog131 2016-09-25 16:42:42 UTC
(In reply to Dr. Chapatin from comment #0)
> it's easier to find the desired option if the list is in alphabetical order.
> 
> Reproducible: Always
> 
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1.open dolphin, right click on any file, select "open with"
> 2.
> 3.
> 
> Actual Results:  
> "open with" list is not in alphabetical order. See the screenshot.
> 
> Expected Results:  
> "open with" list is in alphabetical order.

The KDE is using application preference order: http://imgur.com/RfGGrOA

My opinion is that this is a good way to put the applications to the order.

This has been wroted at the freedesktop mailing list: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xdg/2008-January/009149.html

Now: Desktop Entry Specification - https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ -> https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/apb.html
Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2016-09-26 20:59:29 UTC
You can change the order with the file type settings. You can even remove entries there, if you only ever need a few applications to open a file type directly in.
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2017-08-18 15:22:50 UTC
As people have mentioned, this is as designed--for good reason. The ordering shows you the system's preference for which one to choose, and allows you to manipulate that order yourself to change which program opens the file.