Setting the sort order

The sort order affects only the way the filenames are displayed.

You can set the sort order for the current panel and the current directory only or you can set the general sort order for all panels and directories.

Files are first grouped and then the groups are sorted. If grouping is enabled, CLEX will group files of the same type together. Files will be displayed in this order:

directories first (see the note #1)
then special files
then plain files

or alternatively:

directories (see the note #1)
block devices (see the note #2)
character devices (see the note #2)
other special files
plain files

Notes:

Directories . and .. will be always on the top of the display. (1)
Despite the selected sort order, devices will be sorted by their major and minor numbers. (2)

Files within a group are sorted using the order selected from the menu.

Notes:

The general sort order is remembered between sessions.
Sorting by name is affected by the locale.
The sort by extension (by filename suffix) considers a file named .file to be a so-called hidden file without an extension.
The unusual sort by reversed name option is useful in sendmail queue directories where files like qf1234, df1234, and xf1234 belong together.