Sort Dialog

Press S to open the sort dialog over the active pane. It replaces the old generic sort menu with a picker made for the job: choose a sort key, choose an order, and read what that order means before you commit.

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Sort By                                        │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                │
│  Filename                                      │
│  Extension                                     │
│  Size                                          │
│  Timestamp                                     │
│                                                │
│  Ascending  Descending                         │
│  a.txt → m.txt → z.txt  (A to Z)               │
│                                                │
│ ↑/↓ key · ←/→ order · Enter apply · Esc cancel │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Controls

• Up/Down — choose the sort key (Filename, Extension, Size, Timestamp)
• Left/Right — choose the order: Left is Ascending, Right is Descending
• F / E / S / T — the rows’ initials choose that sort key directly and apply it immediately (the dialog closes), keeping the current order. Changing the sort is two keystrokes: S then a letter.
• Enter — apply the selected key and order
• Escape — cancel; the pane’s sort is left untouched
• Mouse — clicking a key row applies it; clicking Ascending/Descending switches the order without closing; clicking outside the dialog cancels

The dialog opens showing the pane’s current sort key and order, and is anchored over the pane it will re-sort.

The explanation line

Ascending/Descending is hard to picture in the abstract — does “descending timestamp” mean newest or oldest first? The line under the order segments answers it with three sample values in the exact order the list will use, updated live as you move:

Related keys

The quick-sort keys still work without opening the dialog: 1 (filename), 2 (extension), 3 (size), 4 (timestamp); pressing the same key again reverses the order. The menu bar’s View → Sort By submenu offers the same four keys, and View → Reverse Sort toggles the order.