Somehow the default sort order in open dialogues has changed to be sorted by Modified. It's changed in all programs, not just a specific one.
This forces me to reach for the mouse and click the Name column every time I open a file (maybe I'm nitpicking but this gets annoying...).
How can I set the default sort order back to Name? Nautilus sorts by name by default when I browse into folders.
Run dconf-editor (I assume that you've already installed dconf-tools package),
then navigate to org->gtk->settings->file-chooser and set value of key sort-column to name
or simple click on "Set to Default" button
If the above dconf-editor answer doesn't work for you, try the method described in this answer. Edit ~/.config/gtk-2.0/gtkfilechooser.ini. Look for the section beginning with [Filechooser Settings] and change SortColumn=modified to SortColumn=name.
