"Natural" sort in list views?
After using Linux for a few months now, I'm still confused by the way the sort indicator works in GTK lists (the up/down arrow). The way it indicates the sort direction seems "unnatural" to me. A "natural" approach in my opinion would be to start the sorting near to where the user clicks. Right now, it seems to start the sorting at the furthest point from where the user clicked (see examples below as comparison between Linux and Windows).
Maybe I'm missing something here. If not, any chance you can introduce an option to enable "Natural Sorting" (or however you might call it), so users get the same sorting behaviour across Linux, macOS and Windows...?
Sort by filename: A to Z
In GTK "A" is at the bottom of the list. To me this seems as "sorting starts at the end of the list" ("the point furthest from the header bar"):
In Windows and in macOS however, its the opposite. There "sorting starts at the beginning of the list" ("the point nearest to the header bar"):
Sort by date: LOW to HIGH
Same story for dates, the GTK way seems "wrong" from my point of view because again "sorting starts at the end of the list" ("the point furthest from the header bar"):
In Windows and in macOS however, its again the opposite. There "sorting starts at the beginning of the list" ("the point nearest to the header bar"):
See original issue in elementary Files for even more context.