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Ordering of Grids and Select boxes.. going insane 09 Jul 2014 13:33 #12511

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Grids

I have tried altering the piece of code directly in the VIEW i.e
$model		= $this->model;
$user		= JFactory::getUser();
$userId		= $user->get('id');

$model->setState('list.ordering', 'a.creation_date');
$model->setState('list.direction', 'desc');

$listOrder	= $this->escape($this->state->get('list.ordering'));
$listDirn	= $this->escape($this->state->get('list.direction'));
$saveOrder	= $listOrder == 'a.ordering' && $listDirn != 'desc';

I have also tried changing the $saveOrder to
$saveOrder	= $listOrder == 'a.creation_date' && $listDirn != 'desc';

Nothing works... I cant make the grids change order. PLease can anyone advise how they have changed the default ordering of their grids :blink:


Also, more of an aside, why do select lists, by default, show all records including unpublished ones. Surely it would be a better default not to show anything in the select list other than a.published=1
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Ordering of Grids and Select boxes.. going insane 16 Jul 2014 11:09 #12512

In the buillder, set the field "creation_date" as default (starred) in your table definition.
The field should be sortable in the Backend collection view

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Ordering of Grids and Select boxes.. going insane 26 Jul 2014 11:39 #12543

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If you are using grid groups, then it may be the prioritary order that makes the confusion.

You can try directly :
$model->addOrder('a.creation_date');

or
$model->addGroupOrder('a.creation_date');

Also you can check the default ordering in the populateState() function of the model.
The default ordering is defined at the end of the function, when it calls the parent::populateState('a.xxxxx','desc')

Hope it helps.

About the unpublished items in the lists... it depends. Sometimes it is usefull in order to no break the link if you edit an item referring to unpublished item. It is easy to achieve this function you ask.

In the view, the FK list is loaded.
Just add :
$model->addWhere('a.published', '1');

or with state vars:
$model->setState('filter.published', true);

Thats it.
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This is what you call a component builder. I was able to master using this in a very short time and the resulting component works like a charm. Not just a basic component builder but a fully working component builder with forms fields tables all ready to go. You can make the list and item views to display in the front and back end. Also there is a great forum just starting to evolve and I'm sure this will grow very rapidly when you all realise how good this tool is.
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