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Joost Schuttelaar

I want to order my Sales Order and Quotations screens by Customer (versus by Order Number).

Is it possible to make such a change without creating a custom module? For example by editing the action (using the developer mode)? I see that I can easily change the default amount of items shown (limit = 80), but I can't find how to change the default sorting order.

I managed to add an extra field (untaxed amount) to the view by editing the TreeView XML and I would assume it would be possible to change the default sorting in a similar way.

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Pouya Malekinejad
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Since odoo 8, you can add tag "default_order" to tree view in xml. The syntax is the same as _order:


<tree string="Foo" default_order="bar,fix desc"> ...


you can also make a custom view and inherit the desired view so it will be update safe:

<tree string="Foo" position ="attributes">
    <attribute name="default_sort">bar,fix desc</attribute>
</tree>
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Andre de Kock

Yep, this works

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Ray Carnes
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I know of no way to do this without writing a custom module to override the sort order specified in the Python class.

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Fabrice Henrion (fhe)

Indeed, there is no way without changing the code. Filters don't record column sorting as of v7.

Joost Schuttelaar
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Thanks guys. Is there also no way to do this on a per-user setting? Just a way to store the sorting preference? I would even be happy if after clicking on a header column a client-side cookie would be set so that upon revisiting the page the sorting would be the same.

Fabrice Henrion (fhe)

In short: without custom programming it is impossible to record any sorting for anyone anywhere; with custom programming your imagination is the limit.

Joost Schuttelaar
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Thanks! What a shame :) seems like a good standard feature to have (remember last sorting, client side). What is the best way to suggest new features? I've noticed that the 'Propose New Features' feedback form on openerp.com/community is broken.

Fabrice Henrion (fhe)

The best way to raise awareness regarding new features is to talk to OpenERP sales team.