Querystring param to sort group members last seen by descending?

[Jesse_Starks]

Hi, the following view shows group members, ordered by last seen.

https://si.discourse.group/g/trust_level_0?order=last_seen_at

It loads ascending by default.

By any chance is there a querystring param to flip this to descending?

[NateDhaliwal]

The code for this has a asc filter to sort by ascending, but I can’t seem to make it work in the url…

[Moin]

I think you are not the first one who struggles with that

Direct link to show group members in descending order not working

For listing members in a group, the backend code 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 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=, I expect…

[Jesse_Starks]

So the frontend code is capable of parsing “asc” - but it is not doing so?

[Jesse_Starks]

I opened a feature request - since we confirmed the code currently does not do this. Thanks @Moin and @NateDhaliwal

Feature request:

Honor the “asc” querystring parameter on group sort

See this post: Basically, looking to sort group members by last seen descending (most recent on top). This feels like it might be a very quick fix. Is it possible to get working? Thanks!