Sorting files in multipage & slideshow dialog

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Sorting files in multipage & slideshow dialog

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i miss a sorting feature (by type/name/size/path..) in:

1- multipage format dialog.
2- slideshow dialog.


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Re: Sorting files in multipage & slideshow dialog

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Anonymous wrote:i miss a sorting feature (by type/name/size/path..) in:
2- slideshow dialog.
You have it already. On the file list, you have a popup menu (right click)
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Hey! Wow! I never would discover that feature! And it works in Linux too!!!

Pierre, please add a simple "label" below the files listbox to tell us this. I think 95% of users do not know about it.
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Button "Sort >>"

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crazytb wrote:...I think 95% of users do not know about it.
Think it's 99.9% of the XnView users. ;-)

For two reasons it is really very hard to find this hidden functionality:

- Until now, context menus (menus that are opened when right clicking) are provided rarely in XnView.
- Normally, context menus do not contain extra functionality, that means more functionality than available with buttons / menus / ...

So users should be really pointed to the sorting functionality. But I am not sure whether a label is the right thing.
What about a button "Sort >>" that opens the menu when clicking on it? (Similar to the button "Insert >>") in batch rename.
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Re: Button "Sort >>"

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helmut wrote:For two reasons it is really very hard to find this hidden functionality:

- Until now, context menus (menus that are opened when right clicking) are provided rarely in XnView.
- Normally, context menus do not contain extra functionality, that means more functionality than available with buttons / menus / ...
And a simple "listbox" commonly does not have a context menu in any application. It does not mean that it is forbidden, but it will be "hidden".
helmut wrote: So users should be really pointed to the sorting functionality. But I am not sure whether a label is the right thing.
What about a button "Sort >>" that opens the menu when clicking on it? (Similar to the button "Insert >>") in batch rename.
Good idea. I said about label only to be the fast and easiest way to "fix" it, but a button would be better.