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Answer 1

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AFAIK you can't expose sort criteria like you can with filters.

I looked a bit around a found this module. The idea is to create several views each with a different sort criteria and link them together with tabs. It's a bit hackish and might not work with exposed filters. The module is still in beta release, and I haven't tested it, so can't say if it's any good.

googletorp 2009-12-22 13:53:56

I remember specifically having set an option in the past, that would show dropdowns at the top of the view. I want to know how to do that again. :-)

RD 2009-12-23 06:01:53

Answer 2

+1 A:

If you choose to use a table layout, you can sort by columns. That functionality is built into views.

Mike Crittenden 2009-12-29 16:02:03

Answer 3

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I used that code to override sorting in non-table views

function views_tweak_views_query_alter(&$view, &$query) {
  if ($view->name == 'products'){
  if (arg(3) == 'pu') $query->orderby[0]='uc_products_sell_price ASC';
  if (arg(3) == 'pd') $query->orderby[0]='uc_products_sell_price DESC';
  if (arg(3) == 'nu') $query->orderby[0]='node_title ASC';
  if (arg(3) == 'nd') $query->orderby[0]='node_title DESC';

  } 
}

and placing into view template links with those urls

451F 2009-12-30 00:47:10

Can you explain a bit more how you implemented this? Did you put this in template.php? Or where exactly? And when is this hook called? Every time a view is, erm, viewed?

RD 2010-01-18 14:14:36

I put this in separate module. Hook alteres a view query to change sorting. Called every time. In view I add 4 links (sort name up, sort name down, sort price up and sort price down). In $query->orderby[0] stored field and direction for sorting.

451F 2010-01-22 11:51:11

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