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KazS
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2 months ago
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Proper sorting for UUID on the Dropbox site

Hi,

 

I need to handle thousands of files and folders that start with UUID. UUID is not currently sorted as it should be. So, it takes time to find files/folders.

 

For example, I would like to see UUID in the following order:

 

0021AF56-9F58-45F1-9A2C-B1772304B7DB
035B7E83-0127-4385-8227-1805D9A702A4
0A5D3B19-2960-4413-BCCD-1D8979B7F10B
0BC6C3DE-7B65-4F6A-B72B-BDE9F1F81C8E
0F014C98-DBFE-4F01-81F0-9E4AA7162594
0F356A9A-C341-4FA0-8D15-E7B35E4F208A
101280E5-7D2D-4B5E-8734-0594BDB55CFA
16226027-13D7-41FC-ADB8-21FF19F1A2E5
166EE639-11A5-4149-9535-89B781D443A4
193C2291-92DB-4B18-9DEB-8ECAFBA94ADF
1C50FDBC-1C05-4CC7-8931-EB197BC9EADB
1DFAC113-C45A-4ABF-B5C3-C19169E4B19B
1F1E855C-B068-4A18-830F-80C297790462
224F9D3A-B2A8-498A-B2CB-DE4DAA863418
2299D7D6-58C4-4278-933F-9C6E3A17F988
247ADC0E-30AB-4A95-9716-87C72810D7FF
2F250131-95A3-44BC-B426-39A752C28D7C
32280B79-9F58-4B58-89CA-9976387DFB0E
36ECF521-AB56-4C28-AD51-8FCF20646075
36FED04A-859F-4C7E-91B6-E4025E6CF18C
423171B8-BB40-4090-9618-81A5AD27E168
4253A1F1-6605-44EB-B0EC-D05A3CD4F217
44206AD1-C69B-47D4-A9F7-1A703F817A19
48D1DFAC-A28B-40F8-A267-D610193A884A
4BA0C494-2B0C-4C17-A8A0-3B96A6A0B133
4CCB5654-8821-422D-BDDD-C66A9564930A
4D6896E2-3138-4C69-A881-9A09A639918C
50DBA874-D80B-482C-86EE-93F51A7EED9B
561B85C9-CFBA-4E11-9A12-85D03F517756
5712A9B8-95FF-4233-BC02-7E19C81B8A54
5A4A5732-F3D0-45D2-B61D-2DA713CA9A16
6081280A-4CA6-4A5C-AC40-587DD80C65C7
6185AFEA-66AE-42F1-BD24-7B784AB1F011
62918419-62E5-48C6-9F74-2F2CA3B78DB1
632B1EC4-6D7D-4EA3-B75A-FAC562F3DC61
651580BF-0C6C-4A0D-BF24-4B00A8D2B712
656F2037-E7A6-46AA-9541-0D863AB3AB35
6756B47E-486C-4FFC-875C-AABA03E80CA5
6AC0C7AA-582B-4A49-AB2C-57E070BD5C42
6AFEA497-7863-455E-9252-5C16CC4A3FAD
6E281325-8C07-4C32-B67D-65EDC7C1D3F9
717650DE-C642-4DE1-95B4-A836D8D5DBA8
71BA520E-05DE-45C7-B770-3FFACB2E2047
73955B1B-4123-4FE0-91B6-7974EA9E36BD
75BD84C9-05DA-4C3F-A362-9B2A8CB7FFBD
789601BF-2483-42FA-995F-16B269FD8B1C
79B2BD5A-9D80-42A6-9E96-7DEC454AC35A
7ADE5EE9-6ED3-4549-8AA0-51268BF63DC2
7C07C177-A8B8-4A87-BA0D-6FE0594B1714
7CC74E20-053C-4E63-99A7-220759AE2D36
7ED9CBEF-6D15-4C79-91B8-826BEE4E3C94
802A603E-532C-4691-A5F6-69F2CAC7B5BE
81B4E893-B670-456D-9730-28B4D436A494
821BCD08-3806-484B-BEE9-779AA7858BEA
83520212-9450-4EDF-BEC5-F60626C53636
83CD6C28-BE7E-45CF-997D-0AC1E952C23C
8429B260-3030-4C7C-9418-3485F27AC918
85607345-B454-4297-B629-E1A289641CF8
8623D450-86EB-4B8D-BBB4-807C6E41B2DE
870250E1-C7ED-4C09-B7CD-C3BD00CC0E84
899D425C-917B-4175-A7BD-09F6376D39DB
90DBDA71-4655-490C-9A3B-C015987A2658
93B38EAF-B731-44BE-A518-A4485F260FFC
94DD9B12-B9A6-46F9-A9B6-914F4142949F
9D778EE1-CE34-48C5-B64E-F3A42B9380A0
A001DB7C-D9B4-46E8-A6AE-B6E3F44D3A05
A0FF0E57-2C9D-4F78-9D7E-D74B5D64E4EC
A878BBE9-BA7B-4983-93A0-6DD37F29F48E
A8D9592D-B088-4D72-A757-73F8B98383DE
A9C2D7C9-F549-4C07-8D3D-EB5C06FB8436
AB065105-A748-4F1B-90AF-F355AEB210D8
ABF8E44F-DF72-4B5E-A69A-5D02A5DE07D0
AD6EC207-4D37-436F-AF55-314759805DE6
B34AB61A-50B6-4F60-80A2-A9DBC59E0642
BCD31805-A001-4B00-99A6-88577B81816E
BFA77C4B-2F22-488C-BF2A-646B24EA8A26
BFD69CB4-7E8E-4D52-A165-58FF00B7D11D
C23B8C84-21AE-4B9A-AF68-3F4E999122DE
C28E4002-A589-4438-A06D-7006C96C8D50
C5D35E1B-DA19-4EC1-98CB-42F3DF825D5B
C986E395-E07E-4340-87D9-9D6FAB2E3D77
CC82ADD6-9EBF-4ABA-B561-37E944383870
D1142AF6-BBC1-431C-B909-468244BD256C
D8BE2C16-542B-4510-ADD1-E39A2D839241
D8F17510-7F5B-481D-81E6-E45160D09A3E
DC1E1A22-BCD7-4DBF-9A78-371ED456D6B1
E0226FCA-40EB-43A8-A1C8-5EF5978A8EDA
E05789B0-A3AF-4084-8035-3DE75E15CC61
E19DA578-3C2A-4ACA-8A45-2C043AD7CF52
E1EE3ECE-F2A0-4917-9FF5-F0CCBBDC563C
E67F5D2D-8CE4-467F-9214-A5826BF86E8D
E87F47CC-9C58-496E-B785-81B224BEEA0A
E900894B-04A7-48D0-9469-B7DB5053C52C
EC06354B-6BA1-4BE3-AE66-1A2883C39175
EF1918F9-0C64-4A6E-927F-805646D22F8A
EF9D1E4C-597A-41A3-906F-2E1CCA3393A3
FC09512E-6640-4322-B6A5-CF5713591AD1
FDD3258D-284E-41E9-9774-E0BD5CB2D53F

 

But, with Dropbox, does something like:

 

 

Amazon S3 sort these folder properly.

 

With Windows File Explorer, the ascending order doesn’t work for UUID as well, but Windows has an option to change the behavior:

 

https://www.elevenforum.com/t/enable-or-disable-numerical-sorting-in-file-explorer-in-windows-11.9030/

 

If you enable this option, UUIDs are sorted properly.

 

UUID should be sorted properly like Amazon S3 by default. If not, there should be an option to make it right with an option like Windows.

 

Thank you,

 

Kaz

 

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