default grouping

[glemi]

By default Explorer++ groups by name (i.e. first letter of the name) alphabetically. In my experience, this is very rarely the desired grouping parameter (as opposed to grouping by type).

It would be great

• to have an option under "Default Settings" that allows setting the default grouping parameter
• if Explorer++ remembered the last used grouping parameter, either globally or on a per-folder basis

Personally, the grouping feature is essential for my use of Explorer++, and the default by-name-grouping a great annoyance. Every single time a new window is opened, I have to first open the context menu, select Group By and then select Type. This is time-consuming, distracting and frustrating to a point where I will revert to using Microsoft's Windows Explorer.

[derceg]

If you switch the order of the default columns (so that "Type" comes first), that's what will be used when you create a new tab.

I agree having per-folder settings would be nice. In the not too distant future, you'll probably be able to achieve something like that with the plugin system I've been working on. Plugins will easily be able to change the folder settings (e.g. the view mode, sort mode, whether grouping is enabled, etc) for a tab and you could use that functionality to assign specific settings to a directory (or to any directory).

Storing per-folder settings within the application itself is something I've been thinking about, but I'm not sure if I will start working on it immediately. The advantage of writing a plugin to do what you want would be that it could be done in the near future. Plugins already have the ability to retrieve certain folder settings and they'll soon be able to set folder settings. They can also observe tab creation events and soon they should be able to observe navigation events.

So the general idea would be for a plugin to observe tab creation/navigation, then change the folder settings as appropriate, perhaps based on the folder that's opened.

[Cragsand]

Second this suggestion!

I've gotten very used to working in regular explorer where I do:

• Sort by: Filename
• Group by: Type

Moving the columns so that type appears first is a deviation from the usual design in regular explorer. I don't think this should require a plugin but both settings be there separately by default.

Keep up the great work!

Edit: Another thing I noticed.

When opening a folder from a locked tab, the grouping setting is not retained. It reverts back to grouping by the first letter in the filename even when the parent folder is set to sort groups by type. This makes you have to change grouping setting every time you navigate from a folder in a locked tab.