file:// does not remember sorting choices

[chris]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

$lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 7.10
Release: 7.10

$ apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
  Installed: 3.0~b4+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 3.0~b4+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 3.0~b4+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

When entering file:///home/<homedir> into firefox, the browser displays all files in that directory.

If you were to click, "Name", "Size" or "Last modified", it would sort by them. However, if you enter into a sub directory and then return to the parent directory, firefox forgets the sorting selection previously chosen.

I expect the sorting selection to remain the same throughout browsing all files until the user selects another method of sorting.

[Benc-meer (benc-meer)]

How are you going to store this preference. Is this global or per directory?

[chris (kentsusai)]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

$lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 7.10
Release: 7.10

$ apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
  Installed: 3.0~b4+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 3.0~b4+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 3.0~b4+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

When entering file:///home/<homedir> into firefox, the browser displays all files in that directory.

If you were to click, "Name", "Size" or "Last modified", it would sort by them. However, if you enter into a sub directory and then return to the parent directory, firefox forgets the sorting selection previously chosen.

I expect the sorting selection to remain the same throughout browsing all files until the user selects another method of sorting.

[Franz Seidl (franz-s)]

I think this is more a new feature you request than really a bug. Not all programs remind on sorting.
Other meanings please! :-)

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

I reported this Upstream as an enhancement-request. Thank you for reporting the issue.

[Dao (dao)]

*** Bug 451549 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Mozilla-bugs-micahscomputing (mozilla-bugs-micahscomputing)]

Ubuntu bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bug/205779

[Patrick McManus (mcmanus-ducksong)]

*** Bug 891852 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Bug-husbandry-bot (bug-husbandry-bot)]

Bulk change to priority: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1399258