Sort Preset To Just Group Stacks And Smart Sort Filenames

[Darius1968]

Right now, I have a sort preset with two tags in ascending order:  Stack and Smart-Filename. 

The drawback to this method is that the stacks are sorted such that they come first, before non-stacked files, which is part of what is desired.  The other part that is happening however that is not desired is that the order of the stacks is not with respect to chronological order among the filenames, but rather, with respect to when that stack was created, which I don't want.  How can I remedy this? 

[Mario]

order of the stacks is not with respect to chronological order among the filenames,

Yeah. Not even IMatch do everything, sorry.

Stacks have no further "order". Files are sorted by stack based on an artificial key generated from "stack status" (top/version), version status and a 10-digit number for the stack id. This key also ensures that stacked files are sorted before non-stacked files to ensure a distinct sort order.  The names or other properties of the files in the stack are irrelevant relevant for the stack sort key.

If you need such a specific sort order, consider setting up an Attribute or use a spare XMP tag to store a sort key which produces the sort order you want. Or use "Custom Sort" and move the files manually into the order you want.