From 6711115d2877012544af7b0e6618c98381801c91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Stadler <kevin.stadler@oeaw.ac.at>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2024 13:26:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix (non-working): add initialUiState to set default sort
 order (refs #2)

---
 components/instantsearch.tsx | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/components/instantsearch.tsx b/components/instantsearch.tsx
index 2521ff9..a0b3d1e 100644
--- a/components/instantsearch.tsx
+++ b/components/instantsearch.tsx
@@ -84,12 +84,22 @@ function InfiniteScroll(): ReactNode {
 
 type RouteState = Record<string, string | undefined>;
 
+const initialUiState = Object.fromEntries([
+	[
+		collectionName,
+		{
+			sortBy: `${collectionName}/sort/year:desc`,
+		},
+	],
+]);
+
 export function InstantSearch(props: InstantSearchProps): ReactNode {
 	const t = useTranslations("SearchPage");
 	const { children, filters, queryArgsToRefinementFields } = props;
 	return (
 		<InstantSearchNext
 			indexName={collectionName}
+			initialUiState={initialUiState}
 			routing={{
 				stateMapping: {
 					stateToRoute(uiState) {