Sort page reference field

[celfred]

Hello,

I'm facing an issue with my page fieldtype. Pages appear in the order they were created although I'd like to see them sorted in alphabetical order (by title). The pages are well-sorted in my tree, but in that particular Page fieldtype (on another page), I can't find any place where I would decide on what field I can sort them. Am I missing something here ?

Let me know if I'm not clear enough in my explanations.

Thanks in advance for a clue  

[Robin S]

Use the "Custom find" or "Selector string" options to define the selectable pages for the field, and specify a "sort" in the selector, e.g. "sort=title".

[celfred]

Yep. I could have thought of it. Good idea !

Thanks a lot

[BFD Calendar]

Is it also possible to sort the selectable pages in a template in the admin interface? 

I have hundreds of pages that are 'works'. To add a list of which works were in an exhibition I have a 'works-id' page field in my 'exhibition' template where I can add them just by typing the title. After a while it becomes difficult to see if one is already in the list or not. Sort by name would be a great help.

On the website they are sorted (chronological) in the template code: http://www.amvk.be/exhibitions/solo-exhibitions/amvk/more

[Robin S]

7 hours ago, BFD Calendar said:

Is it also possible to sort the selectable pages in a template in the admin interface? 

You can sort them in a saveReady hook. In /site/ready.php:

$pages->addHookAfter('saveReady', function(HookEvent $event) {
    $page = $event->arguments(0);
    // If the page has the relevant template...
    if($page->template == 'exhibition') {
        // Sort the Page Reference field by title
        $page->works_id->sort('title') ;
    }
});

This of course prevents you from applying a manual sort to the field, and does affect the sort order of the field value when you get it in your template. But it sounds like you are specifying a different sort (chronological) there anyway so that won't be an issue.

[BFD Calendar]

Works perfect. Thank you.