Files: No way to sort from DataGrid

[ZekromInfinity]

(Bugs)

• Feedback doesn't work so here I am.

• Music starts with the 1st name in alphabetical order no matter which I click or what order the folder is sorted on, after the first time, it will work normally. Also, it will always highlight the name or whatever the data is in a white box every time I click something.

• Opening downloads crashed the app.

(A question)

• Is it a common problem with UWP apps to crash or is it just me? I am asking because I have used windows phone and windows store apps on pc and they seem to crash, almost all of them. Please give me some insight into it.

Thank You

[duke7553]

Sorting is unimplemented at the moment. This will be added in future release.

[carlosrfernandez]

There seems to be an unhandled exception when opening the Downloads folder. I'm also getting this.

[duke7553]

Quick question. Have you guys granted the app permission to access your filesystem? In my testing, it displays a prompt upon first access that transfers the user to a Settings page for this permission. Also, what windows version?

[duke7553]

(Version number of Windows 10) Example: 1803, 1809, or 1903

[carlosrfernandez]

In my case, I'm on 1809, I am compiling from source, I also targeted the SDK that comes with 1809 so it might be related to that.

To answer your question: yes, I gave the app permission to access the filesystem.

If I have time I'll try to understand what is causing it and provide a fix.

Edit:

A little more context, for me it consistently fails when trying to get the thumbnail of PNG files:
gotFileImg = await f.GetThumbnailAsync(thumbnailMode, requestedSize, thumbnailOptions);

[duke7553]

Thanks for the information. I can't seem to replicate this issue, but the app should load every non-pictures directory the same. Does it do this with other directories? Is it a certain type of file?
Maybe try creating a folder in Windows Explorer and move each file into there until it loads properly in Files. That way, we can narrow things down.

[carlosrfernandez]

It happens in other directories as well, so far the exception is being thrown on PNG files, but I can't tell if it's ALL png files, or just some.

Another thing, after opening one of the problematic files' properties using Windows Explorer, it stopped failing, my guess is flag is set at OS level or something. Very weird.

[duke7553]

That is weird, but it should be handled now to prevent a crash.

[duke7553]

I'll change the title of this now to reflect recent changes.

[ZekromInfinity]

Quick question. Have you guys granted the app permission to access your filesystem? In my testing, it displays a prompt upon first access that transfers the user to a Settings page for this permission. Also, what windows version?

yes i did because i am able to access other directories without any crashing

[duke7553]

@ZekromInfinity There will be some changes to handle this in the next release.

[ZekromInfinity]

@ZekromInfinity There will be some changes to handle this in the next release.

Happy to know that, also I appreciate the work you do. I am GUI freak so I can't stand the sight of the legacy file manager that was released by Microsoft on store app and your work is actually 'Fluent' for the ecosystem too XD.

[duke7553]

I've got a lot of cool stuff planned for subsequent releases!

[yaichenbaum]

Changes made with #247.

[yaichenbaum]

You can download v0.7.0 here.