Mozilla Firefox

file:// does not remember sorting choices

Bug #205779 reported by chris
8
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Mozilla Firefox
Confirmed
Unknown
firefox (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

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.

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In , Benc-meer (benc-meer) wrote :

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

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chris (kentsusai) wrote :

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.

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Franz Seidl (franz-s) wrote :

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

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Andreas Moog (ampelbein) wrote :

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

Changed in firefox-3.0:
status: New → Confirmed
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in firefox:
status: Unknown → New
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In , Dao (dao) wrote :

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

Andreas Moog (ampelbein)
Changed in firefox:
status: New → Unknown
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in firefox:
status: Unknown → Confirmed
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In , Mozilla-bugs-micahscomputing (mozilla-bugs-micahscomputing) wrote :

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

C de-Avillez (hggdh2)
Changed in firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in firefox:
importance: Unknown → Wishlist
Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount)
affects: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) → firefox (Ubuntu)
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In , Patrick McManus (mcmanus-ducksong) wrote :

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

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In , Bug-husbandry-bot (bug-husbandry-bot) wrote :

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

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in firefox:
importance: Wishlist → Unknown
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