Add a default_sort option to collections

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/docs/source/user/settings.rst b/docs/source/user/settings.rst
index 0d2eec9..7c84e39 100644
--- a/docs/source/user/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/source/user/settings.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ It is a yaml file with a dict of properties and their values.
    a jinja2 template used to show an entry in the interface; beside the
    entry fields two useful variables are ``eid`` for the full entry ID
    and ``short_id`` for the short version.
+``default_sort``:
+   a list of field names (possibly prefixed by + or -) that are used by
+   default to sort results of searches in the collection.
+   The fields must be marked as sortable in their definition, see below.
 ``fields``:
    The list of fields used by the collection, as described below.