P:(Masking) Allow Alphabetical, Custom and Inverse Chronological sorting/order for Masks.

[C.Cella]

We should be able to sort Masks in Alphabetical order and Custom order as well.

As of now only Chronological order is possible (last created mask goes to the top) but we should be able to have "Inverse Chronological" sorting so the last created mask is placed at the bottom.

These are  basic sorting logic!

We have them for photos, we have them for files and folders on out systems....we should have these sorting options for Masks!

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[C.Cella]

After years we still can't sort our Mask.

Users that carefully name their Masks to efficiently identify them are at mercy of an arbitrary sorting system that is impractical and makes working with Masks absolutely problematic.

Here an example of a list of Masks without Alphabetical sorting.

It's a mess to work like this.

Masks that should appear one after the other (e.g Skin Face Retouch and Skin Neck Retouch) are instead further apart ONLY because they have not been created at the same point in time.

Alphabetical sorting and custom sorting for Masks is a necessity and must be implemented.

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[C.Cella]

One extra consideration to be made.

The order of Mask can be changed by "merely" cutting a Correction in the XMP and paste it in the good order...but this is a terrible workaround reserved to the most desperate expert users that actually know how to tweak the XMP.

So achieving custom or alphabetical order IS already possible but requires much effort.

This said the Masking list UI doesn't need to reflect the order of the Corrections in the XMP, it can display them in any other order.

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