Disappearing Folder in List View but shows up in Icon or Column view

[Pundamilia]

I am primarily using Affinity Photo's Focus Merge function to create Focus Stacks. I have done about fifty of them without any problem. Today I went to create another Focus Merge having identified the files required in Finder (I am using a M1 Max MacBook Pro running Monterrey with an external Samsung T7 Touch). I started the Focus Merge and got to the New Focus Merge window which allows you to select the files. I have files stored on the Samsung external drive by date. I opened the 2021 folder in List View and was looking for the 2021-03-15 folder for my files. The folder doesn't appear! I can see the previous and subsequent dates folders. Even more curious, if I go to the Icon view or then Column view, the folder shows up, I can open it and the files are there. However, if I switch back to List View, the folder doesn't show up. I have tried this several times switching between the different view with the same result every time. I have even re-booted the computer to clear memory, but when I load Affinity Photo and try again, the same thing happens. I don't know what is unique about this particular folder as it has never happened before with any other folder. I can use the other views as a workaround, but I am concerned whenever files, much less folders disappear or are not visible. I am disappointed because I really like this software and consider it to be a phenomenal value.

Any suggestions?

[Old Bruce]

I am a little baffled by the Earlier in the list view. I would see Name in that column. Is this some OS difference? I am running OS 11.6.2

[MEB]

@Pundamilia,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
Are you able to see that folder using a regular Finder window with the same view mode rather than through the File > New Focus Merge command inside Affinity?

@Old Bruce,
What appears there depends on the option you have selected for Group Items (the icon on the left of the dropdown on your screenshot). Set it one of the Date options and you may see Earlier too there (depending on your files).

[R C-R]

7 hours ago, MEB said:

What appears there depends on the option you have selected for Group Items (the icon on the left of the dropdown on your screenshot). Set it one of the Date options and you may see Earlier too there (depending on your files).

FWIW, for me only setting the Group to "Date Last Opened" shows an "Earlier" item. None of the other date options do. It is the same for the Open command, & works that way with the Open command in all apps, not just Affinity.

[MEB]

That's the most common yes, but it may also appear on others (Date Added in the screenshot below):

[R C-R]

21 minutes ago, MEB said:

That's the most common yes, but it may also appear on others (Date Added in the screenshot below):

It does not for me with any app, & I have items added as far back as 2010. This may be something that depends on the OS version -- in Catalina my Open & AP Focus Merge etc. windows have a different set of icons & a different layout in the header than what you show in your screenshot.

For all apps, this is what I see across the top of the window:

Notably absent are the 3 'traffic light' window control icons on the left.