#3582·winmerge

[FEATURE] Order of files automatically resorted when timestamp changes

Author: EinarACreated Aug 27, 2026Updated Aug 30, 2026
Labelsenhancementfolder compare/merge

Description

If you have run a compare and got a long list of files sorted by Left Date Descending. Then you go an update a file on the left side. Today timestamp in list is unchanged. And sort not rerun.

Seems from the code that you already have a directory watcher running to monitor for changes. Would it make sense to refresh the timestamp in the UI when you see a file change. And then resort automatically?

With this you would save pressing F5 and waiting for x minutes a lot of times per day.

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