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{{DPL manual|section=Parameters|subsection=Controlling output order}}
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|'''''categoryadd'''''
|Orders list based on the most recent addition to the
{{note|See '''''sortkey''''' for sorting by page order in a category.}}
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|Orders list based on the most recent edit to the pages.
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|Orders list based on 'page_touched' timestamp. Read the comment on the page_touched field in [[mw:Page_table|Page_table]] to see the difference from most recent edit by an author.
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'''Example:'''<br><br><!-- transclude example from subpage-->{{#lsth:
{{ViewTest|Examples|Parameter: ordermethod (example 1)}}
'''Result:'''<br><!-- transclude example from subpage-->{{#lsth:
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''orderdirection'' can be one of:
* ''descending'' —
* ''ascending'' —
'''Example:'''<br><br><!-- transclude example from subpage-->{{#lsth:
{{ViewTest|Examples|Parameter: order (example 1)}}
'''Result:'''<br><!-- transclude example from subpage-->{{#lsth:
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* For case insensitivity during the ''selection'' of articles, see {{DPL|ignorecase}}.
* You may want to try <code>latin1_swedish_ci</code> or other collation mapping table names as well. If you use a name for the first time, you should make sure that it is spelled correctly. Otherwise, you will see a SQL error message.
* A
==Other ways to sort==
===tablesortcol===
{{#lsth:Examples|tablesortcol}}<!-- transclude from other page -->
===Using JavaScript===
In some cases, DPL3 sorting features are sufficient; think of the following example:
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But there is another way:
* Create a ''sortable wiki table'' (using the {{DPL|table}} option of DPL3 with <code>class="wikitable sortable"</code>) and you can click on the column headings to sort your output accordingly. However, the initial order shown in that table will still be the order in which DPL3 parsed the wiki pages (usually an
Using a handful of JavaScript lines, you can sort a wikitable ''on pageLoad'' by any column. You must insert that JavaScript code AT THE END of your page:
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