Charlie S wrote: > It must be an idiosyncrasy of FVWM, that it doesn't show that little > spin control there? > > I just tried it again in both programs to be certain. There is nothing > there, and no matter what I point and click on, there is nothing that > will change the order of the directories and files.
Well, here's a screenshot of the 'Open' dialog of Kate in FVWM in Stretch. I put a red line around the clickable area. https://s15.postimg.cc/bav2blkq3/kate.jpg If you have something different, then the reason for that is beyond me. But as far as I'm aware of, it has nothing to do with file managers.
