Grouping filetypes

[masterofobzene]

Taking this screenshot from another issue here.
I would like to have filetypes grouping like in Windows or KDE (screenshot). This is not about sorting, but grouping files like in the screenshot.

[Jopp-gh]

Simple answer, use list view instead of icon view.

Icon view is a "secondary view option" with no benefits over list view. Also you can resize folders/files in list view, if you need bigger thumbs.

[ghost]

Plus cross checking file type markers is a great security functon too, any shadealy named files would get flagged in a manner of speaking, but give users the ability to use or fix them if desired. I just realized that bit 3 minutes ago when I was thinking about this some more.

[masterofobzene]

One of the issues here is that UNIX/Linux doesn't use file extensions, the way PC-DOS/Windows does. Yes, you can put periods in filenames, but the result is still not a file extension.

Under Windows, a file with an extension of .PDF would be grouped with the other files ending in .PDF, even if it were actually a JPG. Ideally on Linux, you would want PDF files to be in one group and JPG's to be in another, regardless of whether there was no period in the file name, or it ended in .PDF, or ended in .JPG. Granted, it might be odd to see a filename ending in .PDF among the JPEG files, but if it's actually a JPEG image file, you want it grouped with the other such files.

I hope this is clear. I simply mean that grouping files by type is far more complex under Linux than under Windows.

Yes, its true. Still, I would be happy with the basics; group the ones with extensions and the ones without them get grouped in "no extension". Image and video files as well as office suite files generally have extensions. And the system could maybe also rely on mime types for the no-extension files.

[Secret-chest]

It should be the reverse: for binary types use MIME types; if the type is plaintext (all binary types have magic numbers) then use the file extension.

[Secret-chest]

@Jopp-gh Windows ships with list view as default.

[ghost]

MIME ah so that is what "meta data type" is called, i't fix those mentions right away.

[ValensHawke]

Just tossing my vote into the hat that really really really would love this feature be implemented. Even in Windows, I used list or detailed view and group by (file type).

[masterofobzene]

Went back to windows 10. Couldn't be any more happier after my experience in linux. Lacks software, bad quality software, less FOSS than in Windows!, tired of ideological excuses for not moving a finger and 0 QoL in general.

Ahh... good to be in a mature OS again.

[cplittlfield]

I'm glad you are happy. Linux Mint isn't for everyone, as you have discovered.

[fieldempty]

I have one huge folder where i throw files of different types collected by the year, and use Windows dialog to tidy it up (yes i have text, videos, pictures in a huge amount in one folder I'm that lazy saving files) and I used to look at it in preview mode and also group by type, and fold irrelevant categories, that is super handy.

Dolphin already made that, albeit its activated in a weird hidden menu (Menu > View > Show in groups) and without folding categories, so I see no issues in implementing that in Nemo even better?

[smoky-oni]

support this. This would useful for my organizing of pictures, plus digital art files which need to be saved in different file formats at different stages of production

[gaben512]

I vote for this aswell. The reason I'm just somewhat semi-using Mint is that I work with a lot of files, and only Plasma's Dolphin can have the features I need, including grouping.

Add this feature, very useful for us working with tons of media or documents in general.