how do you make "by filename" default in Adobe Bridge?

[ramenov]

I am running Adobe Photoshop 2017.0.1 on a new Imac.  In Bridge 2017 7.0.0.93, I can't get the "sort by" option to stay on "by filename". It

jumps to "by date created". "by filename" is supposed to be the default, but I can't make it stay there.

[Chuck Uebele]

It should default to the last setting you used. Have you tried resetting your preferences?

[Trevor.Dennis]

Manually dragging the thumbnails will override the sort order.  I wonder if the OP has done that?

[Chuck Uebele]

That's true, but that will leave the sort order in manual mode rather than by date created.

[ramenov]

Thanks for your reply, Dennis. When I drag the thumbnails while in "Date Created" mode, it changes to manual. I want to set the default to "Filename".

[Chuck Uebele]

There is no real default, S the settings are sticky. If you drag files around, you're going to have to reset the sort order.

[ramenov]

Thanks for your reply.  It seems to be defaulting to "Date Created" instead of "Filename".  I can't find where to change it in preferences. If I have it set to "Filename" which is the way I want it and I close that file, when I open another file it changes back to "Date Created".

[CSI Productions]

I can't believe this post is from 2017 and it STILL (unless I'm mistaken) won't let you set it to whatever display you want. Someone said it "should" stay where it was when last quit - it doesn't. PLEASE fix this. Adobe creates so many upgrades to software to speed up the workflow but for whatever reason this seems to have been ignored.

BTW File/Sort/Sort By Filename "IS" set and it still changes everytime I quite.

[akru]

I'm a windows user, I'm not sure that it will work on mac, But you can try this for once.

[CSI Productions]

Tried this on my iMAC. It changed nothing.

[rgbnites]

That's hysterical! Set to by "File Name, I'm trying to set a default for "Date Created" in Bridge, of which the weird numbering of the camera is of no use to me (except opening photos in an Apple window, which lists the last photo first and is totally annoying. You have to use "by file name" to get the first photos listed first—understand?).

"It's a 2025 grind; and still no answer I can find; Adobe! Adobe! your act is blind and driving me out of my MIND!"

Oh yes! One more goodie. After renaming a photo, Bridge moves it to the bottom of the window, and one has to scroll down to find it. This is a genuine unhelp when working with 300 photos! Get it? Hello? Anyone here take the challenges of these inquiries?

[D Fosse]

If sort order doesn't stick (whichever one), it's corrupt Bridge preferences. Hold ctrl+alt when launching to reset.

Set sort order to manual when renaming files. Then they stay in the same place.

[Trevor.Dennis]

I wonder?  I had problems with Bridge (beta) sort yesterday.  It refused point blank to do what I wanted it to do, and all I was trying to do was sort by date modified with newest at the top.