Function compareFilesForSort

public/js/fileListView.js:8566–8591

(a, b)

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function compareFilesForSort(a, b) {
  const column = sortOrder?.column || "uploaded";
  const ascending = sortOrder?.ascending !== false;

  let valA = a[column] ?? "";
  let valB = b[column] ?? "";

  if (column === "size" || column === "filesize") {
    // numeric size
    valA = Number.isFinite(a.sizeBytes) ? a.sizeBytes : 0;
    valB = Number.isFinite(b.sizeBytes) ? b.sizeBytes : 0;
  } else if (column === "modified" || column === "uploaded") {
    // date sort (newest/oldest)
    const parsedA = parseCustomDate(String(valA || ""));
    const parsedB = parseCustomDate(String(valB || ""));
    valA = parsedA;
    valB = parsedB;
  } else {
    if (typeof valA === "string") valA = valA.toLowerCase();
    if (typeof valB === "string") valB = valB.toLowerCase();
  }

  if (valA < valB) return ascending ? -1 : 1;
  if (valA > valB) return ascending ?  1 : -1;
  return 0;
}

function maybeHighlightSearchedFile(folder) {
  if (!pendingSearchSelection) return;