Sorting Search results by any data column
Affected version
- All Nautilus versions.
Use cases
Searching for a file, but unable to SORT search results
Available features and workarounds
quit using Nautilus and install alternative file managers
Difficulties and insufficiencies
SORTING SEARCH RESULTS is a basic feature that file managers have been able to do dating back to the DOS days prior to Windows OS. Without the ability to sort by type or by location or by modification or creation date leaves the person doing the search unable to find what they are looking for. To put it bluntly: NAUTILUS IS ALMOST USELESS 90% OF THE TIME.
Suggested enhancements
Go back to the DOS days and at least add the SORT capability. Adding a filter capabilty would be bring it's search into the 21st century.