Sorting list items from default List Module

Is it still not possible to set a sort expression on the default list module widget?  The only references I am finding are older examples of creating custom controls to do this.

I'm looking for exactly the same thing! Shouldn't be such a hard to find option, but i'm still clueless.
Can anyone from Telerik tell us how this can be done?

Hi,

I am checking on this issue. I will get back to you with my findings.

All the best,
Grace Hallwachs
the Telerik team

Yes an ability to sort a list would be great.  I cannot find anywhere to do this.  I would simply like the ability to sort a Sitefinity list (in the front end) by alpha order without having to create a custom widget.  Am I missing something?

Hi,

There currently is not a way to set sorting options for the list. For now, the only option is to manually reorder the list when modifying the list.

I have submitted a feature request on your behalf. You can follow it in PITS and vote for its popularity.

All the best,
Grace Hallwachs
the Telerik team

Great, just so you know there is 6 tickets where people have requested this.  4 of them in the last two weeks.  You might combine these into one vote and issue.

SortExpression property in the Lists widget

This post talks about being able to added sorting by overriding the base control.  http://www.sitefinity.com/devnet/forums/sitefinity/general-discussions/order-list-master-view-widget.aspx

Has this still not been addressed? I've had to remove almost all list functionality from our site until a fix is created. This is really disappointing.

I am unclear on the sorting functionality with Sitefinity-defined widgets.

EXAMPLE:

1) Modified the MVC list widget that SF created when I created a given content type.

2) Added this widget to a page, and selected the Edit option of the widget.

3) On the List Settings tab, I selected one of the options in the Sort drop-down list.  The list contained options such as "Last published, Last modified, Buy Title, As set manually, As set in Advanced mode...".

4) Immediately after closing the widget-editor window, the page displayed an error.  When I checked the logs, I saw a null object reference listed.

My understanding from the previous form posts related to this -- all of which seem to be no more recent than 2012 -- was that there was in fact no sort-setting capability.  Now, however (I am on Sitefinity 9.1), there appears to be a sort-setting capability that does not work.  Is there a reason for this?

This is one of the most basic features of any list control...I am amazed that a) you had to add it as recently as 2012/13, and that it breaks out of the box in the current version.

Benjamin Haag