implements

Author: vmcvlad

src/Attributes/Structure.php

@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ class Structure
         'crtNo', 'dataRouteSuffix', 'debounce', 'dtRowId', 'filters', 'flatten',
         'fullInfoRecordLimit', 'lengthMenu', 'method', 'model', 'name',  'preview',
         'responsive', 'searchMode', 'searchModes', 'selectable', 'strip', 'templateCache',
-        'defaultSort', 'totalLabel',
+        'defaultSort', 'defaultSortDirection', 'totalLabel',
     ];
 }

src/Exceptions/Template.php

@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ public static function invalidSearchModes()
         return new static(__('"searchModes" attribute must be an associative array'));
     }
 
+    public static function invalidSortDirection()
+    {
+        return new static(__('"defaultSortDirection" attribute must be either "asc" or "desc'));
+    }
+
     public static function invalidDebounce()
     {
         return new static(__('"debounce" attribute must be an integer'));

src/Services/Data/Sorts/Sort.php

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace LaravelEnso\Tables\Services\Data\Sorts;
 
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use LaravelEnso\Tables\Services\Data\Config;
 
 class Sort
@@ -20,7 +21,13 @@ public function handle(): void
         if ($sort->applies()) {
             $sort->handle();
         } elseif (! $this->query->getQuery()->orders) {
-            $this->query->orderBy($this->config->template()->get('defaultSort'));
+            $column = $this->config->template()->get('defaultSort');
+
+            $direction = $this->config->template()->has('defaultSortDirection')
+                ? Str::lower($this->config->template()->get('defaultSortDirection'))
+                : 'asc';
+
+            $this->query->orderBy($column, $direction);
         }
     }
 }

src/Services/Template/Validators/Structure/Attributes.php

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace LaravelEnso\Tables\Services\Template\Validators\Structure;
 
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use LaravelEnso\Helpers\Services\Obj;
 use LaravelEnso\Tables\Exceptions\Template as Exception;
 
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ public function validate(): void
         $this->lengthMenu()
             ->appends()
             ->searchMode()
+            ->defaultSortDirection()
             ->debounce()
             ->method()
             ->selectable()
@@ -58,6 +60,20 @@ private function searchMode()
         return $this;
     }
 
+    private function defaultSortDirection()
+    {
+        $allowed = ['asc', 'desc'];
+
+        if (
+            $this->template->has('defaultSortDirection')
+            && ! in_array(Str::lower($this->template->get('defaultSortDirection')), $allowed)
+        ) {
+            throw Exception::invalidSortDirection();
+        }
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     private function debounce()
     {
         if (

tests/units/Services/Table/Builders/DataTest.php

@@ -194,6 +194,15 @@ public function can_get_data_with_default_sort()
             TestModel::orderBy('name')->first()->name,
             $response->first()->get('name')
         );
+
+        $this->config->template()->set('defaultSortDirection', 'desc');
+
+        $response = $this->requestResponse();
+
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            TestModel::orderBy('name')->latest()->first()->name,
+            $response->last()->get('name')
+        );
     }
 
     /** @test */