How do I change the default sort to the newest discussion?

DoubleLin

I want the users to see the newest discussions first.So I want to change the default sort order to the newest discussion instead of the latest reply when users open the forum.How should I modify it?

My English is not very good and I hope I have made it clear enough.I would appreciate your reply!

maruco

DoubleLin i have same question, anyone know how to customize it? also if i want to customize it for the specific tag too.

DoubleLin

maruco 😁

bochao

extend.php

use Flarum\Api\Controller\ListDiscussionsController;
use Flarum\Api\Event\WillGetData;
use Flarum\Extend;
return [
new Extend\Compat(function (Dispatcher $events) {
        $events->listen(WillGetData::class, function (WillGetData $event) {


            if ($event->isController(ListDiscussionsController::class) ) {
                $sort = $_GET['sort'];

                if(!$sort) {
                    $event->setSort(['createdAt'=>'desc']);
                }
            }
        });
];

forum/index.js

import DiscussionList from 'flarum/components/DiscussionList';
override(DiscussionList.prototype,'sortMap',function (original) {

    const map = {};

    if (this.props.params.q) {
        map.relevance = '';
    }
    map.newest = '-createdAt';
    map.latest = '-lastPostedAt';
    map.top = '-commentCount';
    map.oldest = 'createdAt';

    return map;
});

solve!

xxwn

bochao hi bro，can you tell me the forum/index.js and extend.php's full path？ because so many forum/index.js and extend.php files in flarum
thank you very much~~ 😁

AbubakarLawalAlawAbula

bochao Not working, I think of overriding the changeSort method in IndexPage.js, but i need help in doing that

Mement0o

bochao hello still interested to know the full path ! can't find index.js, only in vendors files.
Is it index.php at the root of the forum ?

AbubakarLawalAlawAbula

AbubakarLawalAlawAbula Actually worked, but could not figure how i can filter the results.

askvortsov

This isn't something that can be configured outside of the code, so your options are:

update the source code, which is highly not recommended, and will be overwritten the next time you update flarum
make a small custom extension to override the relevant method in DiscussionListState

eddiewebb

Just FYI for anyone trying this post beta 16 (event listening and interaction with API controller changed).

use Flarum\Api\Controller\ListDiscussionsController;
use Flarum\Extend;

return [
	(new Extend\ApiController(ListDiscussionsController::class))
        ->prepareDataQuery(function ($controller) {
            if(!$controller->sort) {
                $controller->setSort(['commentCount'=>'desc']); // "top" sorting
            }
	 })
];