Controlling output order: Difference between revisions

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|'''''categoryadd'''''

|Orders list based on most recent addition to the category specified (requires the 'category' parameter, only one category can be included to work).

|Orders list based on the most recent addition to the category specified (requires the 'category' parameter, only one category can be included to work).

{{note|See '''''sortkey''''' for sorting by page order in a category.}}

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|'''''lastedit'''''

|Orders list based on most recent edit to the pages.

|Orders list based on the most recent edit to the pages.

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|'''''pagetouched'''''

|Orders list based on 'page_touched' timestamp. Read comment on page_touched field in [[mw:Page_table|Page_table]] to see the difference from most recent edit by an author.

|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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|'''''pagesel'''''

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''orderdirection'' can be one of:

* ''descending'' — ~~depending~~ on the ~~critria~~ set, largest to smallest, most to least, 9 to 0 and/or Z to A

* ''descending'' — Depending on the criteria set, largest to smallest, most to least, 9 to 0 and/or Z to A

* ''ascending'' — ~~depending~~ on the ~~critria~~ set, smallest to largest, least to most, 0 to 9 and/or A to Z — ('''default''', ~~needs~~ not be set)

* ''ascending'' — Depending on the criteria set, smallest to largest, least to most, 0 to 9 and/or A to Z — ('''default''', need not be set)

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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 ~~very~~ special (proprietary) function can be used to sort card suit symbols according to the rank of suits that is used in the card game of bridge (this cannot be done by standard collating sequences). To trigger this function, set <code>ordercollation=bridge</code>.

* A special (proprietary) function can be used to sort card suit symbols according to the rank of suits that is used in the card game of bridge (this cannot be done by standard collating sequences). To trigger this function, set <code>ordercollation=bridge</code>.

==Other ways to sort==

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{{#lsth:Examples|tablesortcol}}

===Using ~~javascript~~===

===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 ~~alphabetic~~ order of the page names).

* 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 alphabetical order of the page names).

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: