@uma.s Do you know why this patch was removed when the v7 code was dropped in? Re-introducing this would be very helpful for some of my customers.

@lord_alan I noticed that this change was introduced 5 years back, where we have introduced the api getOrderBy() in core file data/CRMEntity.php which checks through the performance settings for default sorting and returns.

		} else if(empty($orderBy) && empty($sortOrder) && $moduleName != "Users") {
            if (PerformancePrefs::getBoolean('LISTVIEW_DEFAULT_SORTING', true)) {
                $orderBy = $moduleFocus->default_order_by;
                $qualifiedOrderBy = $orderBy;
                $orderByField = $moduleModel->getFieldByColumn($orderBy);
                if($orderByField) {
                    $qualifiedOrderBy = $moduleModel->getOrderBySql($qualifiedOrderBy);
                    $sortOrder = $moduleFocus->default_sort_order;
    				$listQuery .= ' ORDER BY '.$qualifiedOrderBy.' '.$sortOrder;
    			} else {
                    $listQuery .= ' ORDER BY vtiger_crmentity.modifiedtime DESC';    			
    			}
            } else {
			    //List view will be displayed on recently created/modified records
			    $listQuery .= ' ORDER BY vtiger_crmentity.modifiedtime DESC';
			}
		}

		} else if(!$orderBy & PerformancePrefs::getBoolean('LISTVIEW_DEFAULT_SORTING', true)) {
            $entityModule = CRMEntity::getInstance($relationModuleName);
            $orderBy = $entityModule->default_order_by;
			$qualifiedOrderBy = $orderBy;
            $orderByField = $relationModule->getFieldByColumn($orderBy);
            if($orderByField) {
                $qualifiedOrderBy = $relationModule->getOrderBySql($qualifiedOrderBy);
                $sortOrder = $entityModule->default_sort_order;
                $query .= ' ORDER BY '.$qualifiedOrderBy.' '.$sortOrder;
            } else {
                $query .= ' ORDER BY vtiger_crmentity.modifiedtime DESC';
            }
		} else if($relationModuleName == 'HelpDesk' && empty($orderBy) && empty($sortOrder) && $moduleName != "Users") {
			$query .= ' ORDER BY vtiger_crmentity.modifiedtime DESC';
		}

@uma.s Thanks - but the getOrderBy() in CRMEntity.php doesn't seem to work at all! I was looking at it this morning. In my test system, none of the lists or related lists seem to follow the $focus->default_order_by when LISTVIEW_DEFAULT_SORTING is enabled. If I make a few changes (similar to this patch) to the above two files however then I can get sorting to work as expected: ListView Model: ```php } else if(empty($orderBy) && empty($sortOrder) && $moduleName != "Users") { if (PerformancePrefs::getBoolean('LISTVIEW_DEFAULT_SORTING', true)) { $orderBy = $moduleFocus->default_order_by; $qualifiedOrderBy = $orderBy; $orderByField = $moduleModel->getFieldByColumn($orderBy); if($orderByField) { $qualifiedOrderBy = $moduleModel->getOrderBySql($qualifiedOrderBy); $sortOrder = $moduleFocus->default_sort_order; $listQuery .= ' ORDER BY '.$qualifiedOrderBy.' '.$sortOrder; } else { $listQuery .= ' ORDER BY vtiger_crmentity.modifiedtime DESC'; } } else { //List view will be displayed on recently created/modified records $listQuery .= ' ORDER BY vtiger_crmentity.modifiedtime DESC'; } } ``` and RelationListView model: ```php } else if(!$orderBy & PerformancePrefs::getBoolean('LISTVIEW_DEFAULT_SORTING', true)) { $entityModule = CRMEntity::getInstance($relationModuleName); $orderBy = $entityModule->default_order_by; $qualifiedOrderBy = $orderBy; $orderByField = $relationModule->getFieldByColumn($orderBy); if($orderByField) { $qualifiedOrderBy = $relationModule->getOrderBySql($qualifiedOrderBy); $sortOrder = $entityModule->default_sort_order; $query .= ' ORDER BY '.$qualifiedOrderBy.' '.$sortOrder; } else { $query .= ' ORDER BY vtiger_crmentity.modifiedtime DESC'; } } else if($relationModuleName == 'HelpDesk' && empty($orderBy) && empty($sortOrder) && $moduleName != "Users") { $query .= ' ORDER BY vtiger_crmentity.modifiedtime DESC'; } ```

@lord_alan Thanks! for the patch, will consider this in the pipeline and make it to next release.