Hi everyone, i got this problem, every time i close and re-open Directory Opus i have to right-click and re-enable the manual sorting. I want it by default but in the options -> folder format the checkbox for the option "manual sorting" is greyed out and i can't check it, am i missing something?
What kind of folder is it? Only normal directories on NTFS devices are able to save manual sort information. Other folder types (e.g. FAT32 USB sticks, or inside archives, or FTP sites...) can have manual sorting enabled for ad-hoc re-ordering, but are unable to save the order for the next time you visit them.
If you turn on Preferences / Folders / Folder Behavior / Allow manual sorting in all folders (not all folders can save the sort order), the Folder Format checkbox you mention will always be available. That allows you to designate folders where you can always rearrange the files into another order, even if you can't save that order in some folders.
I already tried to turn on that setting, now i have it on but i still have the problem. I am talking about normal folders, i'm trying to modify the default format, but also creating a new one i have the same problem.
It can't be turned on for the default format, only for specific folders (and sub-folders if you want).
Using Folder > Folder Options from a lister (not Preferences) is the easiest way to edit and save the format for the current folder.
It's good to not need or depend on an application to read/remember your manual sort order. I recently did a lot of manual sorting for a client's photos I had scanned. Once I finished sorting manually, I renamed the files so the manual sort order would be preserved if I sorted by filename.
Once the photos were renamed, I added a 'Date Taken' and used a command to add one second to the time for each photo. Now the photos will sort correctly when sorted by name or Date Taken. One could do the same thing with other types of files, but use the File Date Created or whatever date field is appropriate for the type of file you're working with.
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