ondras/geany — comment on commit 177fdd8e66ebba06a9ec0389ca917e62d15c766d
File: data/filetypes.javascript line 34
By ondras:

Okay, makes sense. Note, however, that:

1) this setting is already present in several filetypes,
2) sidebar's configuration is not persisted (in per-user config), e.g. one must manually switch sort mode each time geany starts.