Phil Bull
philbull@gmail.com
Jim Campbell
jwcampbell@gmail.com
Michael Hill
mdhillca@gmail.com
Arrange files by name, size, type, or when they were changed.
Sort files and folders
May benefit from figures illustrating the different views.
You can sort files in different ways in a folder, for example by sorting them
in order of date or file size. See below for a list of
common ways to sort files. See for information on
how to change the default sort order.
The way that you can sort files depends on the folder view that you
are using. You can change the current view using the list or icon buttons in the
toolbar.
Icon view
To sort files in a different order, click the view options button in the
toolbar and choose By Name, By Size, By
Type, By Modification Date, or By Access
Date.
As an example, if you select By Name, the files will be sorted
by their names, in alphabetical order. See for other
options.
You can sort in the reverse order by selecting Reversed Order
from the menu.
List view
To sort files in a different order, click one of the column headings in
the file manager. For example, click Type to sort by file type.
Click the column heading again to sort in the reverse order.
In list view, you can show columns with more attributes and sort on those
columns. Click the view options button in the toolbar, pick Visible
Columns… and select the columns that you want to be visible. You will
then be able to sort by those columns. See for
descriptions of available columns.
Ways of sorting files
-
Name
Sorts alphabetically by the name of the file.
-
Size
Sorts by the size of the file (how much disk space it takes up). Sorts
from smallest to largest by default.
-
Type
Sorts alphabetically by the file type. Files of the same type are
grouped together, then sorted by name.
-
Last Modified
Sorts by the date and time that a file was last changed. Sorts from
oldest to newest by default.
Mention that it is possible to reverse the sort order with the Reverse
Order option.