Viewing options in accending to deccending order is GONE?

Hello... Please tell me that I am not going crazy, I know I used to be able to change viewing options of my folders/collumns! I am organizing pictures for a movie and I want them to be in order from the date taken, earliest to most recent. It will let me change the sorting options (modified, created, name, etc.) But if I change it to date created... it goes from newest photo to oldest... I want it reversed... I can't find how to change it.
AM I CRAZY?

meandemalee wrote:
Hello... Please tell me that I am not going crazy, I know I used to be able to change viewing options of my folders/collumns! I am organizing pictures for a movie and I want them to be in order from the date taken, earliest to most recent. It will let me change the sorting options (modified, created, name, etc.) But if I change it to date created... it goes from newest photo to oldest... I want it reversed... I can't find how to change it.
AM I CRAZY?
Just click the column header again. It's a toggle. Click - sort up; click again - sort the other way

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