Sort by name, folders first

[Alexey S.2]

Lately my sorting has been screwed up on web version of Dropbox. My files & folders are sorted alphabetically. What I really want is sorting by name, grouping by kind so that folders are displayed first (sorted by name) followed by files sorted by name. Please advise me on how to do that? Thanks

[UD B.]

Thank you very much for letting me know that a Mac user agent will get pure alphabetical sorting. That's exactly what I want. I use file name prefixes expecting that files and folders with the same prefix will sort together.

I agree there should be an option. Good file browsers allow the user to choose their sort options (alphabetical or type + alphabetical) to fit the situation. Dropbox seems to give the web interface very little attention, so I guess they expect use to mostly use PC to PC sync and the native file browser.

[dvmierlo · Accepted solution]

Alphabetical sorting of files and folders on a Mac is a personal preference. OS X provides an option to the user to keep the folders on top.

Regadless of the platform or application, the user should always have this option.

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