Option to sort pinned files (items)

[whdmike]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I would like to be able to sort pinned items (on a left). Now I can pin them, but if I want to change the order of importance for me, I can't.

Describe the solution you'd like
be able to sort pinned files (items)

Describe alternatives you've considered
just that, option to sort pinned files. Windows file explorer can do, you can do also

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[DanielSlincak]

Hi, could I work on this issue? @yaichenbaum

[yaira2]

@DanielSlincak Sure!

[DanielSlincak]

I'll make a pull request by the end of the week. I'm working on two ways on how to sort the pinned items. The first is by dragging and dropping them - the implementation for this is finished. The second one is by right-clicking and selecting from pre-determined sort options - name, date added, ascending and descending. I'm still working on a few details with this implementation.

[yaira2]

@DanielSlincak Sort by date is not necessary, we only plan to implement the option to reorder the pinned items manually.

[DanielSlincak]

@yaichenbaum Okay, should I disable it, or remove all the code for the implementation as well? You can check it in the pull request.

[yaira2]

@DanielSlincak You should probably remove the code for the sorting option.

[whdmike]

I see that this feature is already "implemented", but still in the last 0.21 version I am not able to sort pinned folders. Am I missing something? Thanks

[yaira2]

@whdmike The code is already there and implemented, however we are waiting on a fix in the WinUI library for an issue that breaks this functionality before we enable it.

[whdmike]

@whdmike The code is already there and implemented, however we are waiting on a fix in the WinUI library for an issue that breaks this functionality before we enable it.

I think there are few options how sorting can be done - in a case you have problems with code and you are not able to implement it - one option is drag and drop like windows file explorer and another option is like most of other file explorers have, separate option to sort/manage pinned/favorite folders (xyplorer, zabkat,Freecommander, ,..). Just an idea if might help.

[yaira2]

@whdmike The feature was implemented using the drag and drop option, however there is currently an issue where drag and drop isn't working microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml#3290.