Bug 47750 - Supported file types list should be sorted alphabeticaly
Summary: Supported file types list should be sorted alphabeticaly
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: frameworks-kio
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Component: Open/save dialogs (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Compiled Sources Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Faure
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Keywords: junior-jobs, usability
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Reported: 2002-09-11 16:48 UTC by Ferdinand Gassauer
Modified: 2021-07-24 11:16 UTC (History)
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Description Ferdinand Gassauer 2002-09-11 16:42:50 UTC 
(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***)

Package:           kfile
Version:           KDE 3.0.7 1 beta1)
Severity:          wishlist
Installed from:    compiled sources
Compiler:          gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (SuSE)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.4.18-4GB
OS/Compiler notes: 

Hi!
long unsorted lists (comboboxes) are difficult to read.
IMHO the combobox "supported filetypes" should be sorted alphabeticaly (appart "all [supoorted] files")
cu
ferdinand

(Submitted via bugs.kde.org)
(Called from KBugReport dialog. Fields Application manually changed)
Comment 1 Ferdinand Gassauer 2007-06-24 09:23:32 UTC 
3.5.7 IMHO still a usability issue
(kword,kolour paint ...)
Comment 2 Christoph Feck 2009-08-27 02:34:23 UTC 
Moving from "kio/kfile" component to "kfile" product, helps sorting out duplicates.
Comment 3 Ahmad Samir 2021-07-24 11:16:06 UTC 
Per the discussion in https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kio/-/merge_requests/515, if KFileFilterCombo sorts the lit of mimetypes, it would override the order that the calling app could have set, an example is libreoffice putting e.g. *.odt at the top of the list.

So, this has to be fixed per app, not in open file dialog.