Bug 416134

Summary:	De-couple "Sort By" and "Group By"
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	D. Debnath <d_debnath>
Component:	view-engine: general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	4wy78uwh, callsign.jog, dolphin-bugs-null, me, nate, postix, thetwocue
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description D. Debnath 2020-01-11 19:18:09 UTC

Currently, Group By = Sort By. 

I will explain why I'm not satisfied with the current scenario. By default, I like to Group By: Filetype and Sort By: Name. But there are scenarios where I would like to Group By: Filetype and Sort By: Date Modified, for example the Downloads folder. Currently, if Group By is set to filetype, then it sorts by Name, which works for me in general, but if I want to Sort By date modified, then I also have to group by date modified, which is terrible. Even Windows Explorer has this feature.

Also, I should be able to Group By and Sort By on per folder basis.

Comment 1 koyu 2020-02-26 03:48:58 UTC

Can confirm, this is a serious issue

Comment 2 D. Debnath 2023-12-22 19:14:59 UTC

Any hope of getting this in Plasma 6?

Comment 3 postix 2024-07-06 12:51:52 UTC

(In reply to D. Debnath from comment #2)
> Any hope of getting this in Plasma 6?

There's a promising looking MR: https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/785 :)

Comment 4 Filip 2025-12-12 19:32:53 UTC

*** Bug 510670 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Filip 2025-12-12 19:33:06 UTC

*** Bug 513235 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***