Re: Open Dialog Sort Order
Re: Open Dialog Sort Order
- Subject: Re: Open Dialog Sort Order
- From: Graff <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 17:38:55 -0500
Mac OS X does use a "natural" way of ordering files in the Finder. I
created a list of folders (sorted by name):
untitled folder 1
untitled folder 2
untitled folder 3
untitled folder 4
I then added another folder named "untitled folder 14" and it sorted
this way (by name):
untitled folder 1
untitled folder 2
untitled folder 3
untitled folder 4
untitled folder 14
The reason number 14 comes after 4 instead of after 1 is that the
Finder is sorting them as if they were:
untitled folder 01
untitled folder 02
untitled folder 03
untitled folder 04
untitled folder 14
I believe that this is also in Mac OS 9 and maybe even in later
versions of Mac OS 8.
- Ken
On Dec 16, 2003, at 3:59 PM, VRic wrote:
15/12/03 Mr Tea :
in previous Mac OSes the files would have been displayed in the same
rigid
alphanumeric order in your script result, making leading zeros a must
when
numbering large numbers of sequential files).
Unless using the free and open "Natural Order" extension that patches
the system9s sort functions used by most applications.
Stuart Cheshire even released his source code, but everybody seemed to
prefer stupid order. Or it came too late and people had already been
microsoftified into thinking stupid order was a natural law of
computing.
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