Ubuntu – How to set the default sort order in open file dialog to “Name”

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Somehow the default sort order in open dialogues has changed to be sorted by Modified. It's changed in all programs, not just a specific one.

This forces me to reach for the mouse and click the Name column every time I open a file (maybe I'm nitpicking but this gets annoying…).

How can I set the default sort order back to Name? Nautilus sorts by name by default when I browse into folders.

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Run dconf-editor (I assume that you've already installed dconf-tools package),
then navigate to org->gtk->settings->file-chooser and set value of key sort-column to name
or simple click on "Set to Default" button

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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:

Fire up dconf-editor.
Navigate to org/gtk/settings/file-chooser.
De-select the box next to sort-directories-first.
Close the dialog.

For dolphin:

Navigate to Control / Sort by >.
De-select "Folders first" at the bottom of the menu.

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:

gsettings set org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser sort-directories-first true

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