Bug 485039 - Not sorting folders/directories by size
Summary: Not sorting folders/directories by size
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: dolphin
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 23.08.5
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dolphin Bug Assignee
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Reported: 2024-04-04 16:47 UTC by madonuko
Modified: 2025-08-09 05:20 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description madonuko 2024-04-04 16:47:03 UTC 
I don't remember when this was changed but supposedly folders were sorted by the number of files in it when you sort by size, but now it sorts alphabetically. Most likely a bug?


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Create a few folders and test files
2. Click the size button on the columns

OBSERVED RESULT
Folders are sorted alphabetically, files are sorted by size.

EXPECTED RESULT
Folders should sort by number of files, then files should be sorted by size

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Ultramarine Linux 39
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.11
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0
Qt Version: 5.15.12

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 fanzhuyifan 2024-04-05 14:48:33 UTC 
FWIW can't reproduce on 24.02
Comment 2 madonuko 2024-04-05 15:03:46 UTC 
(In reply to fanzhuyifan from comment #1)
> FWIW can't reproduce on 24.02

I forgot to test that, turns out it's kinda working on latest Flatpak — when you go into the folder it's still unsorted but it refreshes itself to sort all the folders after a split second.

Should I close this?
Comment 3 TraceyC 2025-07-25 02:14:58 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. I'm sorry we weren't able to get to this yet. There have been many fixes and improvements since this was reported, and this issue looks like it has been fixed. I'm not able to reproduce this with Dolphin 25.04.3.

Can you please re-test on your system with Dolphin 25.04.3 or later and let us know if you can still reproduce the problem? If you can, please set this report back to REPORTED. Thanks!
Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2025-08-09 03:46:38 UTC 
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Comment 5 madonuko 2025-08-09 05:20:00 UTC 
(In reply to TraceyC from comment #3)
> Thanks for the bug report. I'm sorry we weren't able to get to this yet.
> There have been many fixes and improvements since this was reported, and
> this issue looks like it has been fixed. I'm not able to reproduce this with
> Dolphin 25.04.3.
> 
> Can you please re-test on your system with Dolphin 25.04.3 or later and let
> us know if you can still reproduce the problem? If you can, please set this
> report back to REPORTED. Thanks!

Seems to be fixed (also didn't notice from my old email) thanks