Other than manually clicking the Type column header, another way to
get the sort to happen is to toggle case insensitivity. This triggers

   m_pListView->sort();

in konqueror/listview/konq_listview.cc.

On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 12:39 PM Forrest Leeson <forrestuuid@...> wrote:
>
> If Konqueror is set to sort by type or mimetype, the sort indicator
> will appear on the appropriate column from then on, but the actual
> files will be sorted alphabetically.
> Google turns up nothing with "konqueror sort filetype
> site:pearsoncomputing.net", so maybe something's broken lower down on
> my system, as Caja has a similar problem (not Thunar, though).
> Anyone else notice this?