Re: Open Dialog Sort Order
Re: Open Dialog Sort Order
- Subject: Re: Open Dialog Sort Order
- From: Nigel Garvey <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 12:35:22 +0000
Graff wrote on Tue, 16 Dec 2003 17:38:55 -0500:
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Mac OS X does use a "natural" way of ordering files in the Finder. I
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created a list of folders (sorted by name):
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untitled folder 1
>
untitled folder 2
>
untitled folder 3
>
untitled folder 4
>
untitled folder 14
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The reason number 14 comes after 4 instead of after 1 is that the
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Finder is sorting them as if they were:
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untitled folder 01
>
untitled folder 02
>
untitled folder 03
>
untitled folder 04
>
untitled folder 14
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I believe that this is also in Mac OS 9 and maybe even in later
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versions of Mac OS 8.
The OS 8 and 9 Finders order file and folder names strictly
alphabetically. But they have a trick when naming new "untitled folders"
or "copies" in the same container: they leave out the space before
numbers higher than 9. Thus if you suddenly get the urge to create up to
100 untitled folders (0 to 99) in the same place, they'll sort
"naturally" when arranged by name:
untitled folder
untitled folder 1
untitled folder 2
untitled folder 3
untitled folder 4
untitled folder14
untitled folder99
But "untitled folder100" appears between "untitled folder10" and
"untitled folder11".
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