From 685c06ce2e7c559b4e2cc544e300c1262c739b1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: K Gopal Krishna <30401343+kayg04@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2025 23:06:29 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(RecentNotes): Prevent folder pages from always appearing
 first (closes #1901) (#1904)

* Fix(RecentNotes): Prevent folder pages from always appearing first

Pass prioritizeFolders=false to byDateAndAlphabetical in RecentNotes to sort strictly by date/alphabetical order, fixing issue #1901.

* refactor: split sorting functions for clarity

- Split byDateAndAlphabetical into two separate functions\n- byDateAndAlphabetical: sorts strictly by date and alphabetically\n- byDateAndAlphabeticalFolderFirst: sorts with folders first\n- Updated RecentNotes to use date-only sorting

* Fix(PageList): keep byDateAndAlphabeticalFolderFirst as the default sorting order for PageList
---
 quartz/components/PageList.tsx | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/quartz/components/PageList.tsx b/quartz/components/PageList.tsx
index 2a5f0e0..7bf2382 100644
--- a/quartz/components/PageList.tsx
+++ b/quartz/components/PageList.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,26 @@ import { GlobalConfiguration } from "../cfg"
 export type SortFn = (f1: QuartzPluginData, f2: QuartzPluginData) => number
 
 export function byDateAndAlphabetical(cfg: GlobalConfiguration): SortFn {
+  return (f1, f2) => {
+    // Sort by date/alphabetical
+    if (f1.dates && f2.dates) {
+      // sort descending
+      return getDate(cfg, f2)!.getTime() - getDate(cfg, f1)!.getTime()
+    } else if (f1.dates && !f2.dates) {
+      // prioritize files with dates
+      return -1
+    } else if (!f1.dates && f2.dates) {
+      return 1
+    }
+
+    // otherwise, sort lexographically by title
+    const f1Title = f1.frontmatter?.title.toLowerCase() ?? ""
+    const f2Title = f2.frontmatter?.title.toLowerCase() ?? ""
+    return f1Title.localeCompare(f2Title)
+  }
+}
+
+export function byDateAndAlphabeticalFolderFirst(cfg: GlobalConfiguration): SortFn {
   return (f1, f2) => {
     // Sort folders first
     const f1IsFolder = isFolderPath(f1.slug ?? "")
@@ -38,7 +58,7 @@ type Props = {
 } & QuartzComponentProps
 
 export const PageList: QuartzComponent = ({ cfg, fileData, allFiles, limit, sort }: Props) => {
-  const sorter = sort ?? byDateAndAlphabetical(cfg)
+  const sorter = sort ?? byDateAndAlphabeticalFolderFirst(cfg)
   let list = allFiles.sort(sorter)
   if (limit) {
     list = list.slice(0, limit)