Photo Review display sequence

When I use Photo Review the images are displayed along the right side of the window in reverse sequence -- no matter how many I select to look at. And when I "play" them they are also sequenced in reverse order. I have tried different settings under General Preferences: "Show oldest first . . ." and "Show newest first . . ." and that seems to change nothing. I would like to review my images in the same sequence as they show in the Photo Browser mode. Hope I've made my question clear. Any suggestions?
Thanks,

Wendell

I don't follow you.

I have "Show oldest first within each day" selected in prefs and Date (newest first) as my sort order.

If I click on the first picture and hit F11, there is the first picture. If I then click the play button, it moves to the picture to the right, then the one to the right of that and so on. Basically, "play" is like pressing the right-arrow key every few seconds.

What am I doing different from you?

Colin, I have my prefs set as you suggest. When I click on the first picture, then click on F11, the Photo Review options window comes up. Then I click OK and the Photo Review window itself comes up showing that first picture. The list of thumbnail pictures on the right side of the screen shows that first picture at the bottom and subsequent ones are shown above. Now, if I click on the Play button nothing happens. (I can repeatedly press the left-arrow key and "slideshow" through my pictures.) Isn't the lineup of thumbnails upside-down for some reason? Maybe I have some other thing set wrong? Thanks for your response.

Wendell

My definition of "first picture" is the first one in the well - top left hand corner. Do we differ?

No, we agree -- the top left hand corner.

I have been playing some more and have another question: do you have any tags active?

There are no tags active.

Curious. I can see something like what you describe, but only when I assert a tag ...