Sorting of files and folders in Pantheon Files is inconsistent with sorting of files and folders in open/save dialog

Bug #1537390 reported by Benjamin Carlisle
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Bug Description

As per the instructions of Jeremy Wootten, I am also posting this bug in the Settings app:

The elementary OS open/save dialog (i.e. the one used in Scratch)
  sorts files and folders together when sorted by name, while Pantheon
  Files segregates files from folders.

  E.g. if I had the following in a folder, they are sorted in this order
  when I view them in the open/save dialog:

  * a_file.txt
  * a_folder/
  * another_file.txt

  Note that they're alphabetical, with the folder(s) mixed in with the
  files. I'll call this the "non-segregated" method of sorting.

  In Pantheon Files, if I open the same folder with the same files and
  sub-folder inside it, it's sorted like this:

  * a_folder/
  * a_file.txt
  * another_file.txt

  Note that the folders are sorted first, and then the files come
  afterward. I'll call this the "segregated" method of sorting.

  The first way of sorting (non-segregated) is also the same way that
  files and folders are sorted on a Mac. This is actually my preferred
  way of sorting. There's lots of reasons why it's my preference, but I
  can see why people might want folders separate too.

  This is inconsistent and kind of annoying. I would love to have a
  little toggle switch in the Settings app to go from one to the other,
  so that everyone could be accommodated. Is there already a way to do
  this by changing some setting in Pantheon Files?

affects: switchboard → pantheon-files
Zisu Andrei (matzipan)
Changed in pantheon-files:
status: New → Confirmed
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