Dialog box does not list files alphabetically???

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‎2020-10-06 05:59 PM
I'm sure the answer will be that A) there is some obscure dialog box that is buried in the program somewhere that will fix the problem or B) it has to do with the way the Mac OS handles the files listing and it "can't be fixed" by Graphisoft. But here goes:
We have a very extensive list of texture files that we often use regularly to look at various exterior materials on the models with our clients. Why oh why then does the dialog box in the Surfaces- Texture- Browse not display these files in alphabetical listing?? Do you realize how hard it is to look through a randomly ordered list of files?
Any explanation for this at all?
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‎2020-10-06 07:35 PM
Others may have some ideas.
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‎2020-10-07 03:33 AM
Chris wrote:
Surfaces- Texture- Browse
As in changing the image in the surface editor? Looks to be a Mac thing as it is in alphabetical order for me on Win10.
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‎2020-10-07 06:03 PM
Yeah, sure we can say "must be a Mac thing" but c'mon- I will go off on a big rant if that's the "official" response. I'll hold my tongue for now.
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‎2020-10-07 08:12 PM
Very annoying.
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‎2020-10-08 03:06 AM
Chris wrote:
Yeah, sure we can say "must be a Mac thing" but c'mon- I will go off on a big rant if that's the "official" response. I'll hold my tongue for now.
This is far from an official response but it is fine in Windows OS.
I do not have a Mac, but is there some default OS setting that affects the default list order of files?
I am not familiar with any setting in Archicad itself that can change this, as this dialogue is not a standard list where you can choose to list by file name, size, date, etc.
So I assume it is getting some default setting from the OS.
Or it is indeed just a problem where the Windows version is correct but the Mac version is not.
Maybe our friend Minh will see this and can test on both systems (it is the 'browse' for textures button in the surface settings dialogue.
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‎2020-10-08 05:00 AM
I am pretty familiar with the Mac OS and while there are different ways that the OS can tell the finder to display files (by date, kind, etc) the options are for the main OS dialog boxes and not configurable for software running in the OS that I am aware of (though obviously things change from OS iteration to iteration).
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‎2020-10-08 05:08 AM
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‎2020-10-08 07:14 AM
Thank you very much for sharing the issue and I am very sorry about the experience!
I looked into this and after a little bit of deep digging, I learned that this is a known issue. Furthermore, it only exists on macOS. The reason behind it is that the APFS system introduced to macOS.
This caused the files within to be sorted out in a random order rather than in alphabetical order.
Unfortunately, there is no applicable workaround, however we are aware of the issue and plan to tackle it. Unfortunately, this is a big Project Proposal and not a small fix. There is a need to overwrite the system's own methodology of sorting items. Nevertheless, I do hope we will have it fixed in the near future!
I am very sorry for the inconveniences and troubles that this issue is causing. If there are any further questions, please let me know!
Best regards,
Minh
Minh Nguyen
Technical Support Engineer
GRAPHISOFT

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‎2021-06-14 05:57 PM
Much appreciated!

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