Bug 476159

SUMMARY
Right now in Dolphin's and in the open file/save file dialogs the Recent Files and Recent Locations views follow the system's type of view(icon mode, list mode, detailed mode) and the sorting type(by name or by date or others). This means if i prefer to have sorting by name in all my locations and then want to quickly open a file i recently accessed via Dolphin, if i switch to the Recent Files sidebar tab the items there will be sorted by name as well, which i assume 99% cases people do not want. It also causes confusion because files and folders which i haven't accessed presumably for months are at the top because their name starts with a 0 or an 'A' and the file i actually need is somewhere in the middle, slowing down productivity by a lot as now i need to find it somewhere. In my experience this discourages me from using the recents menu, wondering if it even works reliably at all.

I know it's possible to make Dolphin remember view mode and sorting option for every folder on your system but this option is too extreme in my opinion, making me alter my workflow just for this one use case. 

So i was wondering if it would be possible to have the Recent Files and Locations views always have sorting set to Accessed(or maybe Modified) along with Newest first by default and independent of the system's settings. Or alternatively have an option somewhere in the menus so the user may choose for themselves. Dolphin's behavior should be: when the user visits these views - switch to this sorting option and when the user leaves this view revert back to the system's preferences. 

All these points also stand for the open/save dialog. In my opinion it makes no sense to go get a recent file, then have to switch to the appropriate sorting option, then work on the file and then later be confused why the rest of your folders in the home view are sorted by recent too and having to remember to switch it back. I also believe this is how Gnome does it: the recents menu at the top is always reliable and you don't have to think about any of this. 

I am sorry if i chose the wrong category for the bug type, this needs to be fixed in both Dolphin and Kio in my opinion to have a good UX. 

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Visit home folder and have Dolphin's sorting set to by Name
2. Go to Recent Files in the left sidebar

OBSERVED RESULT
Sorting remains by Name

EXPECTED RESULT
Sorting is set to last Accessed and the files are sorted correctly without an extra refresh

Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.9
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.111.0
Qt Version: 5.15.11
Kernel Version: 6.5.9-arch2-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11