elementary / elementary/files

Sort files in Trash by date of deletion

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Description

### Problem

Currently, files in the Trash are sorted alphabetically, and there is no way to change the sorting. The context menu only contains the item "Open In".

Screenshot of Files showing a bunch of deleted files in the trash, with a context menu open..

### Proposal

I believe it makes more sense to sort the trashed items by **date of deletion**. Files most recently deleted would show on top.

We already have the date of deletion, as you can see in the Properties dialog:

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