Bug 464959

Summary:	Gwenview does not apply sorting settings when entering folder from Start page
Product:	[Applications] gwenview	Reporter:	Jens Lallensack <jens.lallensack>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Gwenview Bugs <gwenview-bugs-null>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	ashark, jaarvidsen, oleksii.zagorskyi, sdicke, sundman
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	22.12.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Manjaro
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	473661

Description Jens Lallensack 2023-01-28 21:09:47 UTC

SUMMARY
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"Sort by" -> "Rating" correctly sorts by rating. After closing gwenview and starting it again, however, this option is still selected as indicated in the drop-down menu "Menu" -> "Sort by". This suggests that the current folder is sorted by rating. In fact, however, the sorting is by name, not by rating: Only clicking on the (apparently already activated) "rating" entry of the pop-up will actually sort by rating.

The exactly same problem occurs with other sort options (e.g., "size") too.

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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Use dolphin to go to an folder with some image files. Assign ratings to them (either with dolphin or gwenview).
2. Click on one of the files to start gwenview. Switch to "Browse", and select "Menu" -> "Sort by" -> "Rating".
3. Close gwenview and start again to show an image of the image folder. Switch to "Browse" mode.

OBSERVED RESULT
The drop-down menu "Menu" -> "Sort by" shows that "Rating" is selected. It therefore seems to remember the setting of the previous session. However, the images are not sorted by rating, but by name.

EXPECTED RESULT
The images should be sorted by rating.

Comment 1 Oleksiy Zagorskyi 2023-05-30 09:36:20 UTC

Related to https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=443168

Comment 2 Andrew Shark 2023-08-22 10:15:57 UTC

At step 3, you did not specify how exactly you start gwenview.
I cannot reproduce if I open gwenview by clicking an image from dolphin. Also, cannot reproduce when starting gwenview from start menu, then going to recent files, select some file, then switch to browse.

However, the issue is still there. Step 3 should be read as:
3. Close gwenview, then start Gwenview from start menu, then go to folder containing rated images [it is already in Browse mode].

Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.7
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.108.0
Qt Version: 5.15.10
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Gwenview: 23.07.80

Comment 3 Andrew Shark 2023-08-22 19:04:08 UTC

*** Bug 454694 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Andrew Shark 2023-08-23 00:35:57 UTC

*** Bug 444276 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Marcus Sundman 2025-06-27 20:04:59 UTC

The same happens in gwenview 25.04.0 when I leave it at sorting by name, but select "Descending" order. I close gwenview, then start it again (from the start menu), it shows the recent folders on startup (because it's apparently incapable of starting in the last used folder), and when I select the most recent folder it shows files in ascending order despite "Descending" being selected. To get it to sort in descending order I have to deselect "Descending" and re-select "Descending", which is really annoying.