Change Default Project Listing Sort Order (to Name)

app/controllers/dashboard/projects_controller.rb

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class Dashboard::ProjectsController < Dashboard::ApplicationController
   end
 
   def default_sort_order
-    sort_value_latest_activity
+    sort_value_name
   end
 
   def sorting_field

app/controllers/explore/projects_controller.rb

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class Explore::ProjectsController < Explore::ApplicationController
   end
 
   def default_sort_order
-    sort_value_latest_activity
+    sort_value_name
   end
 
   def sorting_field

app/finders/group_descendants_finder.rb

@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class GroupDescendantsFinder
   end
 
   def sort
-    params.fetch(:sort, 'created_desc')
+    params.fetch(:sort, 'name_asc')
   end
 
   # rubocop: disable CodeReuse/ActiveRecord

changelogs/unreleased/change_default_project_sort.yml

+---
+title: Change default project listing sort order to name
+merge_request: 47734
+author: Lee Tickett
+type: changed

spec/features/dashboard/archived_projects_spec.rb

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ RSpec.describe 'Dashboard Archived Project' do
   end
 
   it 'searches archived projects', :js do
-    click_button 'Last updated'
+    click_button 'Name'
     click_link 'Show archived projects'
 
     expect(page).to have_link(project.name)

spec/features/dashboard/user_filters_projects_spec.rb

@@ -173,11 +173,11 @@ RSpec.describe 'Dashboard > User filters projects' do
         end
       end
 
-      it 'defaults to "Last updated"', :js do
+      it 'defaults to "Name"', :js do
         page.find('.filtered-search-block #filtered-search-sorting-dropdown').click
         active_sorting_option = page.first('.filtered-search-block #filtered-search-sorting-dropdown .is-active')
 
-        expect(active_sorting_option).to have_content 'Last updated'
+        expect(active_sorting_option).to have_content 'Name'
       end
 
       context 'Sorting by name' do

spec/finders/group_descendants_finder_spec.rb

@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ RSpec.describe GroupDescendantsFinder do
       end
     end
 
-    it 'sorts elements by latest created as default' do
-      project1 = create(:project, namespace: group, created_at: 1.hour.ago)
-      project2 = create(:project, namespace: group)
+    it 'sorts elements by name as default' do
+      project1 = create(:project, namespace: group, name: 'z')
+      project2 = create(:project, namespace: group, name: 'a')
 
       expect(subject.execute).to eq([project2, project1])
     end

spec/support/shared_contexts/finders/group_projects_finder_shared_contexts.rb

@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ RSpec.shared_context 'GroupProjectsFinder context' do
 
   let(:finder) { described_class.new(group: group, current_user: current_user, params: params, options: options) }
 
-  let_it_be(:public_project) { create(:project, :public, group: group, path: '1') }
-  let_it_be(:private_project) { create(:project, :private, group: group, path: '2') }
-  let_it_be(:shared_project_1) { create(:project, :public, path: '3') }
-  let_it_be(:shared_project_2) { create(:project, :private, path: '4') }
-  let_it_be(:shared_project_3) { create(:project, :internal, path: '5') }
-  let_it_be(:subgroup_project) { create(:project, :public, path: '6', group: subgroup) }
-  let_it_be(:subgroup_private_project) { create(:project, :private, path: '7', group: subgroup) }
+  let_it_be(:public_project) { create(:project, :public, group: group, path: '1', name: 'g') }
+  let_it_be(:private_project) { create(:project, :private, group: group, path: '2', name: 'f') }
+  let_it_be(:shared_project_1) { create(:project, :public, path: '3', name: 'e') }
+  let_it_be(:shared_project_2) { create(:project, :private, path: '4', name: 'd') }
+  let_it_be(:shared_project_3) { create(:project, :internal, path: '5', name: 'c') }
+  let_it_be(:subgroup_project) { create(:project, :public, path: '6', group: subgroup, name: 'b') }
+  let_it_be(:subgroup_private_project) { create(:project, :private, path: '7', group: subgroup, name: 'a') }
 
   before do
     shared_project_1.project_group_links.create!(group_access: Gitlab::Access::MAINTAINER, group: group)