Thunderbird sort maintain last used setting for ascending/descending

[bbawt]

I normally have my emails shown in card view sorted by date and in descending view so that newest emails are at the top. If I sort by something else, like Sender and then sort back to Date, Thunderbird defaults to ascending view and I always have to open sort again (because it closes once you choose date) and then select descending.  My suggestion is either have Thunderbird sort stay open so both sort type and sort order can be chosen (use an OK button or similar), or have Thunderbird retain the ascending/descending preference unchanged.  

[Jon]

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[Petski]

Bug, or just an annoyance?  When switching between mail sort columns (Subject/Correspondents/Date), not only does it switch columns but it also simultaneously switches the ascending/descending setting.

How about narrowing down the ascending/descending toggle to just the area with the up/down chevron symbol and not when the word Date is clicked?

[GCDesign57]

Absolutely agree!
My preference is sort by Date/Descending. Its frustrating to have to reselect Descending again after choosing Sort Date.