Hi Carsten, > The same is in kfile btw. Usually you reimplement key() in your item-class > and return a suitable QString there. To calculate them, there is > > static QString sortingKey( const QString& value, bool isDir, int > sortSpec); static QString sortingKey( KIO::filesize_t value, bool isDir,int > sortSpec); > > in KFileItem. sortSpec can be an ORed combination of QDir::SortSpec items. > You have to use the filesize_t method for dates as well due to ambiguity > with time_t. Perfect. Just what I was after...Cervisia now has dates! Thanks, Shaheed