Bug 438236

Summary:	Sort by option missing
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Kai Uwe Broulik <kde>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	felixernst, kfm-devel, nate
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	regression
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Kai Uwe Broulik 2021-06-08 09:20:00 UTC

SUMMARY
The "Sort by" option was removed from the toolbar but is also not present in the hamburger menu.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Start Dolphin
2. Try to sort your files differently

OBSERVED RESULT
Good luck finding how to do that

EXPECTED RESULT
A "Sort by" option visible in the hamburger menu if there is none on the toolbar

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: git master as of 2021-06-01

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2021-06-08 18:58:24 UTC

Seems like it was removed in https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/commit/37327c9b0aae112c5890703cba1f0157043007e0.

Discussion was in https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/21.

I'm a bit confused because the final commit message mentions removing the Sort By action to save space, but in the merge request itself, there are discussions about how that action in the toolbar interacts with the Location element, and I can't find any discussions about removing it.

If space is an issue, we could consider making it icons-only by default, which might be better than nothing? :/

Comment 2 Nate Graham 2021-06-08 18:59:19 UTC

Anyway https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/219 added it to the hamburger menu when it's not visible on the toolbar.

Is that good enough for you, Kai?