Book names are not sorted by name in shelves overview, when sorting by name #2689

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OVERLORD · 2026-02-05T04:48:18+03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 04:48:18 +03:00

Originally created by @jhrdt on GitHub (Mar 3, 2022).

Describe the Bug

The book names in the shelves overview are sorted by creation date instead of name (when sorting shelves by name).

Steps to Reproduce

Create a shelf s
Create a book Z in s
Create another book A in s
Go to shelves

Expected Behaviour

When looking at the shelves overview (in "List View" and "Sort by Name" is selected)
- The book names should be sorted by name

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Exact BookStack Version

BookStack v22.02.1

PHP Version

7.4

Hosting Environment

Ubuntu LTS

Originally created by @jhrdt on GitHub (Mar 3, 2022). ### Describe the Bug The book names in the shelves overview are sorted by creation date instead of name (when sorting shelves by name). ### Steps to Reproduce 1. Create a shelf s 2. Create a book Z in s 3. Create another book A in s 4. Go to shelves ### Expected Behaviour * When looking at the shelves overview (in "List View" and "Sort by Name" is selected) * The book names should be sorted by name ### Screenshots or Additional Context ![grafik](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/22557140/156568315-57969a62-6da0-4f0a-9910-0e082c1b4504.png) ### Browser Details _No response_ ### Exact BookStack Version BookStack v22.02.1 ### PHP Version 7.4 ### Hosting Environment Ubuntu LTS

OVERLORD added the 🐛 Bug label 2026-02-05 04:48:18 +03:00

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2026-02-05 04:48:19 +03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 04:48:26 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Mar 3, 2022):

Hi @jhrdt,

The book names in the shelves overview are sorted by creation date instead of name

I don't think this is the case. Books within a shelf are generally sorted by their manually managed ordering.

I think expected behaviour here is a matter of opinion and expectations; Should the ordering of the shelves affect their contents or should the curated ordering be respected? I'm tempted to side upon the latter since that's the current functionality and otherwise the existing curation becomes tricky to achieve or becomes more redundant.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Mar 3, 2022): Hi @jhrdt, > The book names in the shelves overview are sorted by creation date instead of name I don't think this is the case. Books within a shelf are generally sorted by their manually managed ordering. I think expected behaviour here is a matter of opinion and expectations; Should the ordering of the shelves affect their contents or should the curated ordering be respected? I'm tempted to side upon the latter since that's the current functionality and otherwise the existing curation becomes tricky to achieve or becomes more redundant.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-05 04:48:32 +03:00

@jhrdt commented on GitHub (Mar 3, 2022):

Hi @ssddanbrown ,

OK, this was as misunderstanding on my side. It wasn't obvious to me where the ordering comes from. Thank you.

@jhrdt commented on GitHub (Mar 3, 2022): Hi @ssddanbrown , OK, this was as misunderstanding on my side. It wasn't obvious to me where the ordering comes from. Thank you.

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Reference: starred/BookStack#2689