"Sort by" does not retain the selection.

Please, Figma...
Without this, my life becomes a living hell…
 

I have to make this change so many times a day; I even had to create a script just to switch it to alphabetical order all the time 🥲

Bump!

It’s been a while since this was active, and I know it was an intentional change but it’s very frustrating. Please consider changing this back to remember your setting.

Please fix this, this is super annoying.
How am I supposed to properly organize bigger folder structures if the list keeps reverting to last modified?

Yes, I understand this “Last modified” view might be the solution for a few users, but again how projects and files present to each of us should be a customizable option. Or it be sticky, not constantly defaulting to “Last modified”

I will post weekly until this is fxied 😂

Ok Figma, I’m not sure how many complaints it is going to take for you to fix this, but this is a frustration of literally every user I know.

Within 5 minutes, I found 5 threads about this:

• https://forum.figma.com/suggest-a-feature-11/remember-the-selected-sorting-preference-in-the-file-browser-56800?tid=56800&fid=11
• https://forum.figma.com/suggest-a-feature-11/sort-by-does-not-retain-the-selection-39423?tid=39423&fid=11
• https://forum.figma.com/suggest-a-feature-11/unsolved-sort-by-does-not-retain-the-selection-59784?tid=59784&fid=11
• https://forum.figma.com/share-your-feedback-26/persistent-sorting-in-projects-view-56394?tid=56394&fid=26
• https://forum.figma.com/suggest-a-feature-11/can-the-sort-options-for-projects-default-to-last-selected-54881

Apparently, “this was implemented after feedback from users who thought their files were missing due to filters or sort orders being enabled.” That’s tough to hear. You can’t solve a problem for novice users who somehow can’t seem to find the ‘Recents’ page at the very top of the menu, by taking away efficiencies of everyone else. This was a poor choice, we all know it, but you know there are extremely simple ways to allow both behaviors. So please make this right asap and stop unnecessarily frustrating most users.

+1

Please fix this! The whole point of Figma is collaboration and so “last modified” has no relation to what I’m working on vs. what my colleagues are working on vs. what I’m actually looking for. I have to use this dialog – to reset sorting to what I just set it to last time – literally every time I need to look for a file.

Another bump for me, please persist the setting.
And don’t change it automatically for anyone.

I don’t see why this is so hard. It’s going to remain the same for people who don’t touch it, and for us who want to sort differently, it will be 10000 better.

Can’t you use your Figma Agent Make to implement these changes in production without designing or knowing code? 😉