Sort the link list alphabetically

[ParoTheParrot]

How is it possible to adjust the sorting? I would like to sort alphabetical instead of according to the modification date.
See: sebsauvage#210

[nodiscc]

Copying comments from sebsauvage#210 here:

I think you have to change krsort($filtered) to uasort($filtered, 'strcasecmp') in index.php. Do a backup! Does this work?

this works - thanks! BUT only with any searches. the pure listing is still sorted according to the date.

Whether we add this as an option is debatable (I'd rather not add it). But if someone is able to help, this could be documented under the Misc hacks section in the wiki.

[ParoTheParrot]

it's a bit fuzzy - does not work properly 👎

[nodiscc]

Closing this as it has not been requested/updated by anyone in a long time. Feel free to reopen if you have more info, or add your question in the General discussion thread.

[Manja-S]

I'd like to add my vote to this request. Ideally I would like to be able to switch easily between alphabetical and date-based sorting in any screen (e.g. list filtered by tags) that shows links.

[ArthurHoaro]

@Manja-S said in #1289

An alphabetical list gives me the possibility of a quick scan/overview of all of the links I've got (or I've got with a specific tag). To me searching/filtering doesn't give the same overview (and possibility for serendipity) that scanning a (sorted) list gives me.
Apart from that it gives me an opportunity to easily scroll to a link instead of having to click and type (and think about the right term) to apply a filter.

Even though I'm still not really convinced, I suppose it depends on how users use Shaarli, and this has been requested a few times now, so we should add it.

I'm not sure how it should be done yet, because links are currently sorted when the datastore is saved.