Set sorting order on launch

[DivineMK]

What system are you running Yazi on?

Linux X11

What terminal are you running Yazi in?

kitty 0.42.1

yazi --debug output

Yazi
    Version: 25.5.31 (VERGEN_IDEMPOTENT_OUTPUT 2025-06-19)
    Debug  : false
    Triple : x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (linux-x86_64)
    Rustc  : 1.87.0 (17067e9a 2025-05-09)

Ya
    Version: 25.5.31 (VERGEN_IDEMPOTENT_OUTPUT 2025-06-19)

Emulator
    TERM                : Some("xterm-256color")
    TERM_PROGRAM        : Some("WezTerm")
    TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION: Some("20250524-112104-b11cd7ae")
    Brand.from_env      : Some(WezTerm)
    Emulator.detect     : Emulator { kind: Left(WezTerm), light: false, csi_16t: (8, 16), force_16t: false }

Adapter
    Adapter.matches    : Iip
    Dimension.available: Dimension { rows: 32, columns: 233, width: 1864, height: 512 }

Desktop
    XDG_SESSION_TYPE           : Some("wayland")
    WAYLAND_DISPLAY            : Some("wayland-1")
    DISPLAY                    : Some(":1")
    SWAYSOCK                   : None
    HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE: Some("9958d297641b5c84dcff93f9039d80a5ad37ab00_1750920689_1122588869")
    WAYFIRE_SOCKET             : None

SSH
    shared.in_ssh_connection: false

WSL
    WSL: false

Variables
    SHELL           : Some("/usr/bin/zsh")
    EDITOR          : Some("nvim")
    VISUAL          : None
    YAZI_FILE_ONE   : None
    YAZI_CONFIG_HOME: None
    YAZI_ZOXIDE_OPTS: None
    FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS: Some("\n--multi\n--bind \'ctrl-alt-c:execute(readlink -f {} | wl-copy)\'\n--bind \'ctrl-\\:execute-silent(wl-copy {})\'\n--bind \'alt-j:preview-down,alt-k:preview-up\'\n--color=bg+:#414559,bg:#303446,spinner:#f2d5cf,hl:#e78284\n--color=fg:#c6d0f5,header:#e78284,info:#ca9ee6,pointer:#f2d5cf\n--color=marker:#babbf1,fg+:#c6d0f5,prompt:#ca9ee6,hl+:#e78284\n--color=selected-bg:#51576d\n--preview \'~/.lessfilter {}\'\n--preview-window \'right,wrap\'\n--layout=reverse --height=80%\n")

Text Opener
    default     : Some(OpenerRule { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: None, spread: true })
    block-create: Some(OpenerRule { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: None, spread: true })
    block-rename: Some(OpenerRule { run: "${EDITOR:-vi} \"$@\"", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "$EDITOR", for: None, spread: true })

Multiplexers
    TMUX               : false
    tmux version       : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    tmux build flags   : enable-sixel=Unknown
    ZELLIJ_SESSION_NAME: None
    Zellij version     : 0.42.2

Dependencies
    file          : 5.46
    ueberzugpp    : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    ffmpeg/ffprobe: 7.1.1 / 7.1.1
    pdftoppm      : 25.06.0
    magick        : 7.1.1-47
    fzf           : 0.62.0
    fd/fdfind     : 10.2.0 / No such file or directory (os error 2)
    rg            : 14.1.1
    chafa         : 1.16.0
    zoxide        : 0.9.8
    7zz/7z        : No such file or directory (os error 2) / 24.09
    resvg         : 0.45.1
    jq            : 1.8.0

Clipboard
    wl-copy/paste: 2.2.1 / 2.2.1
    xclip        : No such file or directory (os error 2)
    xsel         : No such file or directory (os error 2)

Routine
    `file -bL --mime-type`: text/plain


See https://yazi-rs.github.io/docs/plugins/overview#debugging on how to enable logging or debug runtime errors.

Describe the question

Is it possible to set sorting order when launching yazi, e.g. through CLI flag? This would be useful for using with xdg-desktop-portal-termfilechooser and set sorting order by modification time.

Anything else?

No response

Checklist

• I have read all the documentation
• I have searched the existing discussions/issues

[AnirudhG07]

Hi @DivineMK, check this out: folder rules. Maybe not through CLI flag, but you can set it via folder rules in your config files. Hope this helps!

[DivineMK]

Thank you for your pointer! My desired behavior is resolved with https://github.com/boydaihungst/hover-after-moved.yazi/tree/master though 😄

[AnirudhG07]

I am not sure how that solved it, but ok great!

[DivineMK]

My use case is to automatically hover on the file when moving it within xdg-desktop-portal-termfilechooser instead of having to move the cursor manually to hover. So the yazi plugin solves exactly that.