Proper numeric sorting in tree view

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by Teknojnky » Thu Dec 14, 2006 5:05 pm

Bug may very well be a too strong word for it, un-desirable behaviour might be better suited.

I can't imagine anyone *wanting* to have the folders/files sorted in non-numeric order.

I'm not sure how autonumber:2 could be applied in this situation, since the folders are arbitrarily numbered (according to vh-1 top 100 albums in this specific example). And since it does not sort properly in the list view.

I suppose it might be possible via manipulating custom fields (if custom fields will numerically pad via <custom 1:2>), however it simply shouldn't be an issue to begin with.

Sorting numeric directories

by rusty » Thu Dec 14, 2006 4:42 pm

I'm not sure if this is a bug or not, but a simple workaround would be to number the directories as 01 instead of 1 (you can do this with <Autonumber:2>

-Rusty

by Lowlander » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:13 am

Well it isn't really incorrect, nor correct. It currently sorts as string. It should be an option to sort fields as integer if it starts with a number. This should please both sorting camps.

Proper numeric sorting in tree view

by Teknojnky » Sat Oct 14, 2006 5:17 pm

When displaying folders with number prefixes, MM sorts them incorrectly.

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Windows explorers sorts them in correct/logical order.

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It would be really swell if MM sorted these types of folders correctly.

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Edit:
It also sorts incorrectly in the list window when sorted by 'path'.

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