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  <info>

    <link type="guide" xref="files#common-file-tasks"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.6.0" version="0.2" date="2012-09-25" status="review"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2014-09-22" status="review"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-29" status="final"/>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>Phil Bull</name>

      <email>philbull@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>Jim Campbell</name>

      <email>jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>Michael Hill</name>

      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>

    <desc>Arrange files by name, size, type, or when they were changed.</desc>

  </info>

<title>Sort files and folders</title>

You can sort files in different ways in a folder, for example by sorting them

in order of date or file size. See <link xref="#ways"/> below for a list of

common ways to sort files. See <link xref="nautilus-views"/> for information on

how to change the default sort order.

The way that you can sort files depends on the folder view that you

are using. You can change the current view using the list or icon buttons in the

toolbar.

<section id="icon-view">

  <title>Icon view</title>

  
To sort files in a different order, click the view options button in the

  toolbar and choose <gui>By Name</gui>, <gui>By Size</gui>, <gui>By

  Type</gui>, <gui>By Modification Date</gui>, or <gui>By Access

  Date</gui>.

  
As an example, if you select <gui>By Name</gui>, the files will be sorted

  by their names, in alphabetical order. See <link xref="#ways"/> for other

  options.

  
You can sort in the reverse order by selecting <gui>Reversed Order</gui>

  from the menu.

</section>

<section id="list-view">

  <title>List view</title>

  
To sort files in a different order, click one of the column headings in

  the file manager. For example, click <gui>Type</gui> to sort by file type.

  Click the column heading again to sort in the reverse order.

  
In list view, you can show columns with more attributes and sort on those

  columns. Click the view options button in the toolbar, pick <gui>Visible

  Columns…</gui> and select the columns that you want to be visible. You will

  then be able to sort by those columns. See <link xref="nautilus-list"/> for

  descriptions of available columns.

</section>

<section id="ways">

  <title>Ways of sorting files</title>

  <terms>

    <item>

      <title>Navn</title>

      
Sorts alphabetically by the name of the file.

    </item>

    <item>

      <title>Størrelse</title>

      
Sorts by the size of the file (how much disk space it takes up). Sorts

      from smallest to largest by default.

    </item>

    <item>

      <title>Type</title>

      
Sorts alphabetically by the file type. Files of the same type are

      grouped together, then sorted by name.

    </item>

    <item>

      <title>Last Modified</title>

      
Sorts by the date and time that a file was last changed. Sorts from

      oldest to newest by default.

    </item>

  </terms>

</section>

</page>