Multiple file import - Order reversed

[marcluer]

Describe the bug

When importing multiple files, they are imported in reverse order. (last pdf comes first)

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open PDF arranger
2. Click on 'Import' Icon
3. Select multiple pdf files. e.g.

• Bank-statement_202101.pdf
• Bank-statement_202102.pdf
• Bank-statement_202103.pdf

5. The files are now showing up in the preview in the opposite order

• ...202103.pdf
• ...202102.pdf
• ...202101.pdf

6. When "saving as", the same (reverse order) is kept

Workaround

Inside the import dialog, I sort the files in reverse order (descending).
The files will now be imported in the expected order (ascending).

Expected behavior

I would expect the import the files in the order, that is shown in the import dialog.

System and Versions

• PDF Arranger 1.10.00, downloaded from github releases
• Windows 11

[kbengs]

Thanks for reporting. I see the same behavior. In Linux it works as expected.

[kbengs]

The flatpak install seems to add them in reversed order too.

In Windows the order seems to be even more complicated. I can't see the exact logic it use. It has somewhat to do with the order the files are selected in the dialog. This was observed on Windows 10.

@marcluer are the files always added in reversed order, no matter how you select the files in the dialog?

[marcluer]

The logic, how the "File name" text box in the import window is populated, is quite strange indeed.
But the "File name" text box does not seem to play any role in the import order.

The actual import order is always reversed to the selected sort order.
In the above screenshot I would get a consistent import of 5-4-3-2-1.

[dreua]

Could this be a Bug in Gtk or Windows?

[kbengs]

Yeah they are "just" reversed for me too. Maybe I was too tired yesterday..

Could this be a Bug in Gtk or Windows?

Yes probably. Maybe FileChooserNative? For Windows we could easily just reverse the order. Not sure how the flatpak could be fixed. Flatpak was tested in KDE.

[dreua]

If it happens all the time with flatpaks, we can easily detect and reverse that too. Needs some more testing to see if it is always reversed. Do we also have those issues with drag and drop from the file explorer or is it just with the import?

[marcluer]

Drag and drop from Windows Explorer to PDF Arranger window seems to be in completely random order. Even doing the exact same way of selecting the files twice, will generate
a different order.

Recording.2023-08-13.180152.mp4

[kbengs]

If it happens all the time with flatpaks,

I have tested Fedora flatpak + rpm in KDE + Gnome and Ubuntu flatpak + deb in KDE + GNome. For these the flatpak always reverse the import order whereas the rpm/deb does not.

Do we also have those issues with drag and drop from the file explorer or is it just with the import?

I think we can do nothing about the drag and drop order. (except adding a sort action)

[JunglePredator]

Drag and drop from Windows Explorer to PDF Arranger window seems to be in completely random order. Even doing the exact same way of selecting the files twice, will generate a different order.

This... is actually why I suggested bulk file renaming sequentially in another post only I didn't realise it was a bug. -.-;;
It only came into play when updating a PDF using files from an outside source & the filename was random already....