Every time I exit Figma and come back, the previously selected sort order is lost, and it defaults to "Last modified" – "Newest first". Previously, the selected sorting option was always preserved.
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"Sort by" does not retain the selection.
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Experiencing the same problem. Seems like it’s been going on ever since they removed list view and then added it back (about three weeks ago).
Hey both. Wanted to let you know that this was an intentional change on our end. From what I understand, the only page that doesn't reset preferences is the "Last projects" page now.
For more context: this was implemented after feedback from users who thought their files were missing due to filters or sort orders being enabled.
I know this was probably not the answer you wanted to hear, and I completely get why this would be a negative change to your existing workflow. I’m making sure that your opinions and feedback on this are also highlighted as well. We do take into consideration every use case, and want to be sure that changes we make benefit everyone who uses Figma.
Apologies that I can’t offer an alternative solution at this time.
If I misunderstood what your issues were, let me know. I’ll keep this open for now to get any other feedback on this you may have,
I can understand resetting filters (which would actually hide some things) in that scenario, but sorting doesn’t actually hide anything.
As a counter example, I keep effectively experiencing the same problem where things have disappeared from where I expect them to be, because I like my list sorted by date created and it keeps resetting to last modified. So the things I expect to be at the top of the list aren’t there any more when something else has been modified more recently.
Maintaining sorting as the user has set it from session to session, is actually going to result in more predictable and reliable access to the users expected files for most use cases.
If you all really want there to be a default sort that the system is going to keep resetting to, you absolutely have to make that default editable by the user, so individual users can establish what kind of ordering they want and it will reliably return to that. Otherwise you’re robbing peter to pay paul.
Hi team,
I’m using the desktop app and my file sorting keeps resetting to Last modified after every update, even though I set it to Alphabetical. The app doesn’t seem to remember the preference across sessions.
Can you confirm if this is expected behavior, and if not, log it as a bug? It makes managing large projects pretty painful.
Thanks!
Hi,
Same issue here, @figma can you please fix it! thanks
Having the same issue, our team finds it very hard to find the files we need because we are managing the files in an alphabetically order and it resets back to “last modified” everytime.
Same issue here.
I prefer my projects to sort in order of date created. I often have to reapply my filter because the project sorting resets to last modified. This happens numerous times per week and typically when I start my day in Figma.
It’s also inconvenient because I notice that the sorting has reset after I begin scrolling to look for a specific project and then realize that my projects are in a different order, so I scroll back up and change my sorting back to date created. Then I try looking again so that I can locate the file in my projects.
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