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.
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(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
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.
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.