I would prefer to not have directories sorted before files within the file open/save dialogs. I would like everything sorted by modification date regardless of file or directory.
I have done a fair amount of googleing with trial and error still without a solution.
specifics
- xubuntu 14.04
- no desktop enviornment, gui started via
startx
- thunar version 1.6.3
- gtk2 version 2.24.23
- gtk3 version 3.10.8
Best Answer
I have a solution for GTK applications, and a solution for dolphin. I've never figured out how to fix this for non-GTK applications (e.g., LibreOffice).
For GTK:
dconf-editor
.org/gtk/settings/file-chooser
.sort-directories-first
.For dolphin:
Hope this helps.
EDIT: I see someone else asked / addressed this problem here. I mention it because that thread has an easy command-line answer for the GTK+ part: