Remember changes to sort order

[Bugsbane]

This is an enhancement request to improve the sort order of files and folders as per the suggestions of @jancborchardt and @onny in the issue at #164 .

Specifically, this includes:

1. Change from the current default of having file/folder sort order be by name, to being by date, with most recent files listed at the top.
2. Remembering changes to the sort order by the user, so it's remembered when they come back to that folder later.

[karlitschek]

@PVince81

[PVince81]

I personally wouldn't like having sort by date being the default, considering that regular desktop file managers also sort by name by default.

For remembering changes: need to decide where to save it: cookie/localstorage or app settings in the database. To consider: does a user want to keep the last sorting settings when switching browsers/computers ?

[Bugsbane]

I guess it comes down to what the most common use case is. Whether people are likely to be wanting to access the files they've most recently used, or whether they're likely to be looking for files used less recently, but that they know the file name of.

For my personal use case, I would want sort order to be persistent across devices, although if it makes a big difference, it's a fairly minor inconvenience to need to change the sort order once per device.

[jancborchardt]

I cut the description to just »remember sort order«. Otherwise this is 2 issues in one.

And I do agree, the sort order should be remembered. And it should be remembered per-user, meaning it is also the same when switching browsers/computers – of course.

I would even say changing the sort order should be global, meaning when you change it in root, change it in all subfolders as well.

[Bugsbane]

I don't know about that last point. If I change something in a folder, I expect those changes to be there when I come back (even if on another device). I don't expect it to change a whole bunch of folders I haven't even looked at, unless I've done something to explicitly state that I wanted that.