Is there any way to set a default sort in my files within Illustrator by name?

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When opening Illustrator and going to my files, there is no way to universally default to have it sort by name.  Currently it only sorts by last used, and it’s a pain to click several times to get it to work like it used to before they summarily removed the default sort by name.  Is there a way I am missing, or are we all stuck?

CarlosCanto · Accepted Answer

are you talking about these files?if so, switch to List View as shown above, then click on the Title you want to sort by, ie NAME. Click again to reverse sort orderSwitch back to Grid View if that’s your preferred view.This method remembers the last sort settings used.

bdtphoto1976 · Answer

That’s what I thought. Thanks for the confirmation.It used to default to what you were on last (if I remember correctly) which was effectively a default setting. Use sorted by name last, your work opens up like that next - I noticed it missing around 27 or so, give or take a generation. I work out of the cloud 99% of the time, so the Home Screen file browser is useful to me, just a shame that we’re building software without minor conveniences baked in anymore. I’d love to see the software return to a user’s type of file workflow, not what an engineer deems the best.

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