Changing the Browse Order, cont.

[eobrandon99]

Discussed in https://github.com/orgs/CollectionBuilder/discussions/72

^{Originally posted by **mldhistory** December 15, 2022} Hello! I'm having trouble understanding the implementation of the config-browse.csv file. I would like to modify the sort order on the browse page of my collection so the default order shows the cards in the order that I have them entered in my .csv file. The current default is a random sort. Also, how would I add additional sort-fields to the drop-down? The current list of sort fields in the dropdown (random,title,date) doesn't seem to correspond to the existing config-browse.csv file entries. Any advice is much appreciated! Thanks, Marcie

IN REGARD TO THE ABOVE DISCUSSION
Is there a way to have the Browse page sort to any other parameter (e.g. Title) by default?

[evanwill]

@eobrandon99 yes, but it's not a configuration option so involves editing the template a bit. For example, to sort by Title by default:

In "_layouts/browse.html", you will find text inside a button element that looks like:

Sort by <span id="sortFilter">Random</span>

Replace the Random with Title.
Next, just below that look for the buttons that look like:

<button class="dropdown-item browse-sort-item active" data-filter="random">Random</button>
<button class="dropdown-item browse-sort-item" data-filter="title">Title</button>

Swap the order around like:

<button class="dropdown-item browse-sort-item active" data-filter="title">Title</button>
<button class="dropdown-item browse-sort-item" data-filter="random">Random</button>

Next in "_includes/js/browse-js.html", search for the lines that look like:

/* randomize items once at page load */
shuffle(items);

Comment out the shuffle and add a sorting function instead, so it looks like:

/* randomize items once at page load */
//shuffle(items);
/* sort by title at page load */
sorting(items,"title");

You could do the same with any other metadata field that you want to make default.
(honestly, this is harder than it should be, we hope to re-write the browse js before too long, and might make this a configuration option or at least easier to do!)

[eobrandon99]

Hi! Thanks for your helpful reply. I just got around to incorporating this this and it worked great.

[evanwill]

@eobrandon99 I am converting this Issue into a Discussion so others can find it if they have the same idea.

[Digital-Grinnell]

Don't have time to properly address this just now, but I used this in https://yeager-collection.grinnell.edu/browse.html to set my default sort to "date". If I had more time I'd be interested in re-working this so that sort order and default in Browse is configurable. I considered adding a sort-position field to the end of config-browse.csv where the order and default could be set using integers, 0=first/default, 1=next pull-down option, etc.