The modification date of the original file is preserved when you move or copy it, so sorting by it doesn't help. But you can get the desired result by sorting on 'date accessed' (which is not shown by default - you have to enable it with Edit / Preferences / List Columns).
Personally, I prefer nautilus' current behaviour. I have always assumed that adding the files to the bottom of the folder is just Windows 'laziness'. -- Nautilus: when copying files to populated directory, new files should be added at the bottom https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/390532 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
