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Somehow the default sort order in open dialogues has changed to be sorted by Modified. It's changed in all programs, not just a specific one.

This forces me to reach for the mouse and click the Name column every time I open a file (maybe I'm nitpicking but this gets annoying...).

How can I set the default sort order back to Name? Nautilus sorts by name by default when I browse into folders.

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Run dconf-editor (I assume that you've already installed dconf-tools package),
then navigate to org->gtk->settings->file-chooser and set value of key sort-column to name
or simple click on "Set to Default" button

dconf-editor

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Thanks for the answer, it seems that should work but my sort-column is already set to 'name', and I hit set to default just to be sure. When I goto open a file it's still sorting by modified (I've tried several programs). – Sheldno Nov 29 '11 at 14:33

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