You mean like this thread?
https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1255


Umm, yes. Fascinating that the search terms I chose managed to miss it entirely.
Thanks Koub for merging!

However, it looks like the request is pending since 2013 without even comment from the devs, so I'm guessing ...

I searched the whole forum for " +sort +directory " in topics and was surprised to not find this suggestion already.

Please add to the GUI file picker the ability to sort the list of files by date, name, and maybe base-version.

The main Load game file-picker sorts default by name, which is great ...