Media Picker Setting default view to List and order by Upload date

Questions
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Umbraco Version: 13.8.0

Looking into setting the default view for Media Picker to List and to order the items into Upload date descending (see below) but can’t find any previous topics or solutions on this subject.

The image displays a "Select media" interface with a search bar, an "Upload" button, and icons for different media display options, including a grid view and a list view, as highlighted by a red circle. (Captioned by AI)
The image displays a "Select media" interface with a search bar, an "Upload" button, and icons for different media display options, including a grid view and a list view, as highlighted by a red circle. (Captioned by AI)820×296 33.5 KB

Any help would be appreciated

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The list view of media is just another list view you can find under the data types:

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Not sure if you can achieve what you want, but I’d start there.

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@SeanTarrant The List View - Media datatype can be set to display the media in list format by reordering the layouts to prioritize the list view. This will also sort the items by upload date in descending order.

The image shows the layout settings in an application, where the user can order list views and add layouts. (Captioned by AI)
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I hope this will resolve the problem.

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Thanks for the comments

The issue is in regards to Media Picker in content, so clicking on a Media Picker item and amending the display from Grid to List and images to be displayed in upload date order.

A "Select Media" pop-up window from a web application displays a list of image files with their names redacted and "Last Updated" dates. (Captioned by AI)
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It looks like the List View is now available within the Media Picker editor on v17.4 (not sure about most recent v13 but I imagine it’s the same ^^). However the sorting is still an issue for some clients so am just postin’ to support this idea.

From the looks of it the Picker’s list is based on the order of the tree items in the Media section. This can be confusing for editors since 1) the Media section’s workspace view that editors use versus navigating the tree has a sort order governed by a List View that is likely different and tailored to what they need, and 2) that date isn’t even listed on the picker view, and it’s basically the opposite order they like ^^;

It would be fantastic to even just be able to provide the option to sort by newest → oldest. Most often editors want to use the media they just uploaded. Looks like there is someone else with a similar feature request too :slight_smile: