Description

petecooper

opened on Feb 17, 2026

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Expected behaviour

Links 'Title' column should use the link title for its (ascending and descending) sort order.

Actual behaviour

Links 'Title' column uses the link sort value for its (ascending and descending) sort order.

Steps to reproduce

Create new links with the following titles:

• Amsterdam
• Frankfurt
• Milan
• Prague
• Vienna

Confirm each link has an identical title and sort value. Links page sorting by 'Title' column works as expected.

Edit each of the above links and update the sort value (i.e. reverse search order to previous alphabetical):

• Amsterdam – sort value 50
• Frankfurt – sort value 40
• Milan – sort value 30
• Prague – sort value 20
• Vienna – sort value 10

Links page sorting by 'Title' column now appears to use sort value instead of title. I can see the logic of using an override sort value to sort when a tag scaffold is used, but admin-side sorting by title should use the actual title (IMHO).

Additional information

Textpattern version: 4.9.1

Web server vendor and version: Nginx 1.28.2

Database server vendor and version: Percona Server 8.4

PHP version: 8.5.3

Operating system: Debian 13

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1. petecooper

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   usability / UI / UX

   links

   on Feb 17, 2026
2. petecooper commented on Feb 17, 2026

   

   petecooper

   on Feb 17, 2026

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   As designed: https://forum.textpattern.com/viewtopic.php?pid=342644#p342644 (thanks @Bloke)
3. petecooper

   closed this as not plannedon Feb 17, 2026
4. Bloke commented on Feb 17, 2026

   

   Bloke

   on Feb 17, 2026

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   I wouldn't say it's not planned. It just... is, right now.

   I'd rather add proper title/name sorting to the admin side panel, and find another way to show items in the linksort order as a "preview" of how they will appear in the tag if linksort is used.

   But by the same token, if custom fields are going in the current direction and content is gradually unifying, maybe Links will become a thing of the past and will become a custom content type, so we can design them better from the outset.

   Thoughts, @bloatware ?

   Reacted by Pete Cooper
5. petecooper

   reopened this on Feb 17, 2026
6. bloatware commented on Feb 18, 2026

   

   bloatware

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   Yep, sorting by title should sort by title imo. Is there a real use case for linksort, btw?
7. petecooper commented on Feb 19, 2026

   

   petecooper

   on Feb 19, 2026

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   Is there a real use case for linksort, btw?

   Yes, but perhaps a little too edgeCasey©: https://forum.textpattern.com/viewtopic.php?pid=342708#p342708
8. petecooper

   changed the title [-]Link 'Title' sort order appears to use sort order[/-] [+]Link 'Title' sort order appears to use sort value order[/+] on Aug 1, 2026
9. petecooper

   added this to the v4.9.3 milestone on Aug 24, 2026
10. petecooper

    modified the milestones: v4.9.3, v4.9.4 on Nov 4, 2026

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