Add option to sort script list in a descending order from most used to least used

[RebelliousX]

Describe the project you are working on

I will make it simple a short, please add an option to sort the script list from most used to be on the top, and least used at the bottom.

I really miss Godot 2 days when the the script temperature colors were useful and could indicate which script file is the hottest (red) to coldest (blue) to barely used no color. What we have now is a mono color gradient you can barely tell which one is which. And there is no theme option for that.

I don't have many script files but I still get lost trying to find the one I want, have a look here...

Describe the problem or limitation you are having in your project

quality of life improvement and peace of mind

Describe the feature / enhancement and how it helps to overcome the problem or limitation

see above

Describe how your proposal will work, with code, pseudo-code, mock-ups, and/or diagrams

it is a simple addition of sorting script list

If this enhancement will not be used often, can it be worked around with a few lines of script?

T_T

Is there a reason why this should be core and not an add-on in the asset library?

Just because

[Calinou]

• Related to Add an option to sort script list by most recent #8125.

Moving to discussion, as there is no concrete technical implementation provided.

The difficult part is determining what makes a script "most used". Is it the time spent with the tab currently open? (If so, should only the time spent with the window focused be counted?) Is it the number of keystrokes performed in the script?

Sorting by script temperature wouldn't be very useful as the list would be reordered constantly. This is a concern shared with #8125 where you need to find a stable data source to use for sorting. Otherwise, entries will constantly move as you try to select them, which breaks muscle memory.

Note that with solutions like #8340, script sorting in the list at the left is much less important. This is because script switcher would always display most recent tabs at the top (like task switchers are expected to work).

[RebelliousX]

Forgive my lack of explaining this better, I don't think we need to over complicate things.

What I meant by most used is the most recently opened ( thus, currently opened ) to be on top, then the one previously opened second. This can be achieved by getting the date accessed or date modified.

As you can see from the screenshot I provided, the file is currently opened is not even showing up in the list of scripts, despite I have expanded and dragged the vertical size to the max limit, I barely see the functions list.

As for the script list temperatures, I would argue they are useless since you can't discern anything from them (see the screenshot I provided). The way it was if you remember back in the days of Godot 2.0 or 2.1, we used to have a nice gradient from hot to cold and it was much nicer.

Edit: the reason I am suggesting this, is that when I am trying to focus on 1 or 2 scripts to implement something, depending on the name of the scripts they could be miles apart in the scripts list and I have to go search for the one I need.

I kind of vaguely remember in Godot 2.0 it was the most recently selected by clicking will be moved to the top. I could be wrong or hallucinating here.