# Add "orderdesc" modification to advanced search

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-orderdesc-modification-to-advanced-search/38545>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [January 27, 2016, 1:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-orderdesc-modification-to-advanced-search/38545 "2016-01-27T01:35:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 10:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-orderdesc-modification-to-advanced-search/38545/7 "2022-11-04T10:08:42Z")

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I was looking for a way to sort results by oldest (ascending chronological order, adding these terms for future search on meta…) when searching inside a topic.

I couldn’t find “Sort by **Oldest Post** ” (there’s only **[Latest Post](https://unicyclist.com/search?q=%40Canapin%20topic%3A69519%20order%3Alatest)**), but I did try “Sort by **Latest Topic** ” and [it did work](https://unicyclist.com/search?q=%40Canapin%20topic%3A69519%20order%3Alatest_topic).

I think I understand the logic, but the words are a bit counterintuitive in this particular case.

A choice of ascending/descending chronological order would be, for me, a nice addition, I sometimes try to do that, and did it on other forums that allowed it. Often most for fun than looking for specific and interesting info though.

Also, I wonder how often people sort by Latest, compared to the default “Relevance”. I often use “by Latest” on many forums.

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