Product List Default Order not working

[cmdigitaluk]

I've seen a couple of posts on this subject but none of them seemed to provide an answer. I want to sort my product list alphabetically when you navigate to the page. I've edited ProductDisplayAjaxList.cshtml to

@AddPreProcessMetaData("orderby", "NB3.ProductName", Model.FullTemplateName, Model.ModuleId.ToString())
@AddPreProcessMetaData("orderby0", "NB3.ProductName", Model.FullTemplateName, Model.ModuleId.ToString())

I've commented out the other orderby lines but but I still can't get my product list to show in the correct order

[DNNMonster]

I think this is a first render issue where the orderby hidden input is empty and the ProductFunctions code path to allow the sorting is not getting executed. I pushed a branch that adds the first render check and should fix this.

[leedavi]

It's also confusing sometimes, because the "Manual Order" is sometimes turned on for the list. This means that the products list list in a manual sort order for a category. So if you select a category, it might not be in alphabetical order. This is an option in the store config settings, in the admin panel.

@AddPreProcessMetaData("orderby", "NB3.ProductName", Model.FullTemplateName, Model.ModuleId.ToString())

Is usually the only line needed if you don't want the user to select the order.