MG 2.2 Any way to change default sorting in an album

[NoahP]

Hello,

I am using this addon which allows me to achieve it manually https://xenforo.com/community/threads/xfmg-order-by-title.180369/

but I want to make it so that in albums photos are ALWAYS AUTOMATICALLY sorted by Title is there any way to make this happen whether it be by an addon or modifying a couple lines of code or whatever I need to do.

I appreciate all your help.

Thank you.

 

[nocte]

I am using this addon which allows me to achieve it manually https://xenforo.com/community/threads/xfmg-order-by-title.180369/

Glad it works for you, but this addon does not follow resource standards at all :-/

What you want to do can be achieved by editing the class XFMG\Repository\Media:

find:

    public function findMediaForAlbum($albumId, array $limits = [])
    {
        $finder = $this->findMediaForList($limits);
        $finder->inAlbum($albumId);

        return $finder;
    }

replace with:

    public function findMediaForAlbum($albumId, array $limits = [])
    {
        $finder = $this->findMediaForList($limits);
        $finder->inAlbum($albumId);

        $finder->orderByDate('title', 'ASC');

        return $finder;
    }

In other words: You add the line $finder->orderByDate('title', 'ASC'); - does not make sense semantically, but works

Of course this is an ugly hack and should be done via an addon.

 

[NoahP]

Thank you very much!

I have another question then that would have me set perfectly.

I see the function findMediaInCategory() is there a way to make it so that if the category ID = 1, 2, or 3 then it will also order by title the same way otherwise it will stick to the standard most-recent ordering?

Im sure I could figure it out with enough time... but I have never been very good with functions and object based programing.

Thank you again for all your help.

 

[nocte]

You could try adding:

if (in_array($categoryId, [1,2,3]))
{
    $finder->orderByDate('title', 'ASC');
}

(untested)

 

[NoahP]

That did it! thanks so much!!