Reverse sort order in explorer

[lioman]

As a user, I want to be able to reverse the file order in explorer, so that I can see oldest/ latest in alphabet first.

Example

Explorer : Sort Order set to default gives you

- 001-abc
- 002-dfg
- 003-efg

With reverse order enabled:

- 003-efg
- 002-dfg
- 001-abc

Explanation

I use vscode not only for coding, but for writing my blog too. Files are named like this: 2022-05-19-article-title.md.
Example:

Old articles are the first in line and ordering them by modified, does not always help as some of them got touched later, to update them, or fix typos. As you can see in the screenshot below, using modified basically results in a rather chaotic order:

It would help if I can reverse any set order by setting an option.

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[hikinthru]

Is there any update on this? I have the same need for a list of files named by date for logging and it would be far more useful to have the most recent at the top instead of the oldest.

[MurdoMaclachlan]

I would also find this extremely useful. I have a long list of files and I'm almost only ever working with the most recent ones.

[lioman]

@lramos15 Any news here? The issue and the PR #149952 are open for a while now. IMHO reversing a sort order is a basic functionality.

[lionel42]

It seems the PR simply need more approval. Is there a way to get people to approve it ?

[connor4312]

Please do not spam peoples' notifications.

[id-aditya]

@connor4312 Here's the PR: #149951 , approved by 3, maybe 1 more approval will get this moving?

[vs-code-engineering]

This bug has been fixed in the latest release of VS Code Insiders!

@lioman, you can help us out by commenting /verified if things are now working as expected.

If things still don't seem right, please ensure you're on version e377061 of Insiders (today's or later - you can use Help: About in the command palette to check), and leave a comment letting us know what isn't working as expected.

Happy Coding!

[lioman]

/verified