# קישור ישיר להצגת חברי קבוצה בסדר יורד לא עובד
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-link-to-show-group-members-in-descending-order-not-working/256623
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** groups
**Created:** [1 במרץ, 2023, 6:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-link-to-show-group-members-in-descending-order-not-working/256623 "2023-03-01T06:19:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@sygou](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sygou)
#### Post date: [1 במרץ, 2023, 6:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-link-to-show-group-members-in-descending-order-not-working/256623/1 "2023-03-01T06:19:51Z")
- For listing members in a group, the [backend code](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/71be74ffd32b39912d63c790a6547c11e96676f9/app/controllers/groups_controller.rb#L227) accepts `order` and `asc` parameters to order by a specific field in ascending/descending order. When the `asc` parameter is present and non-blank, it is the ascending order, otherwise descending.
- The [frontend code](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/71be74ffd32b39912d63c790a6547c11e96676f9/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/controllers/group-index.js#L14) of the group members page also seems to be able to parse query parameters and pass to the backend. `asc` is `true` by default on the frontend.
When I navigate to this link: [https://try.discourse.org/g/trust\_level\_2?order=added\_at&asc=](https://try.discourse.org/g/trust_level_2?order=added_at&asc=), I expect this to be a **direct link** to show me TL2 members ordered by Added time in **descending** order, without having to manually click on the table header to toggle ordering.
However the actual behavior is that: it shows TL2 members ordered by Added time in **ascending** order, yet with a “chevron-down” icon (suggesting that it should have shown in descending order instead):
Looking at the Network tab in DevTools, the page issued a request of [https://try.discourse.org/groups/trust\_level\_2/members.json?offset=0&order=added\_at&asc=false&filter=](https://try.discourse.org/groups/trust_level_2/members.json?offset=0&order=added_at&asc=false&filter=), instead of [https://try.discourse.org/groups/trust\_level\_2/members.json?offset=0&order=added\_at&asc=&filter=](https://try.discourse.org/groups/trust_level_2/members.json?offset=0&order=added_at&asc=&filter=).
As all URL parameters are strings, `asc=false` will be considered as non-blank by the `params[:asc] && params[:asc].present?` logic, thus returning ascending result. Perhaps the frontend code should convert the Boolean `false` value of `asc` to an empty string in the URL parameter?
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### Author:  [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [3 במרץ, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-link-to-show-group-members-in-descending-order-not-working/256623/2 "2026-03-03T19:20:30Z")
Thanks for checking this, `asc=false` will work as of the change here
> [@Honor the “asc” querystring parameter on group sort](https://meta.discourse.org/t/honor-the-asc-querystring-parameter-on-group-sort/397541/2):
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> Yes thanks for mentioning it, I’ve made an update here: [https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/38219](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/38219) So next time you update Discourse, this should work to show the list in descending order /g/trust\_level\_0?order=last\_seen\_at&asc=false
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### Author:  [@Jesse\_Starks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jesse_Starks)
#### Post date: [3 במרץ, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-link-to-show-group-members-in-descending-order-not-working/256623/3 "2026-03-03T20:59:10Z")
Hey that’s awesome… you rock! Thanks!
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [1 באפריל, 2026, 12:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/direct-link-to-show-group-members-in-descending-order-not-working/256623/4 "2026-04-01T12:16:34Z")