[Bug Report] File Ordering Discrepancy Between Media Panel and Finder in FreeShow

[jquyatt]

Describe the bug When importing media files into FreeShow, there is a discrepancy in the way files are ordered in the Media panel compared to the Finder window on macOS. In the Finder, files are displayed sequentially (e.g., tinywow_FreeShow Bug Report_66117300_1.jpg, tinywow_FreeShow Bug Report_66117300_2.jpg, etc.), but in FreeShow’s Media panel, the order is inconsistent and does not match the Finder’s alphabetical sorting. This discrepancy has led to presentations being incorrectly imported when drag-and-dropped from the Media panel instead of from Finder.

Reproducing

1. Open Finder on macOS and navigate to a folder containing sequentially named image files (e.g., file_1.jpg, file_2.jpg, etc.).
2. Open FreeShow and import these files into the Media section.
3. Compare the order of the files in FreeShow’s Media panel to the Finder window.

Screenshots

Behavior after selecting all slides from the Media panel and dragging them up into a blank show.

Behavior after selecting all slides from the Finder window and dragging them into a blank show.

Version

• OS: macOS Sonoma 14.6.1
• FreeShow Version: [1.2.8-beta.2]

Additional context It appears that FreeShow might not be handling file names with numerical sequences correctly, especially when the sequence starts with single-digit numbers (e.g., 1, 2, 3 vs. 10, 11, 12). It’s possible that the program is treating 1 and 10 as similar values, leading to the incorrect order.

[jquyatt]

Just caught the update to 1.2.8 official, and still seeing the same behavior.

[vassbo]

Sorting alphabetically gives that order, but I added a custom number sort, try it out: https://github.com/ChurchApps/FreeShow/releases/tag/v1.2.9-beta.1