[NEW] Sort channel directory listing by latest message (#16604)

Co-authored-by: Diego Sampaio <chinello@gmail.com>
RocketChat · Mar 26, 2020 · 2d4e5ca · 2d4e5ca
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diff --git a/app/ui/client/views/app/directory.html b/app/ui/client/views/app/directory.html
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
 								<div class="table-fake-th"><span>{{_ "Users"}}</span> {{> icon icon=(sortIcon 'usersCount')}}</div>
 							</th>
 							{{#if showLastMessage}}
-							<th class="table-column-date">
-								<div class="table-fake-th">{{_ "Last_Message"}}</div>
+							<th class="table-column-date js-sort {{#if searchSortBy 'lastMessage'}}is-sorting{{/if}}" data-sort="lastMessage">
+								<div class="table-fake-th"><span>{{_ "Last_Message"}}</span> {{> icon icon=(sortIcon 'lastMessage')}}</div>
 							</th>
 							{{/if}}
 							<th class="js-sort table-column-date {{#if searchSortBy 'createdAt'}}is-sorting{{/if}}" data-sort="createdAt">

diff --git a/server/methods/browseChannels.js b/server/methods/browseChannels.js
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ const sortChannels = function(field, direction) {
 			return {
 				ts: direction === 'asc' ? 1 : -1,
 			};
+		case 'lastMessage':
+			return {
+				'lastMessage.ts': direction === 'asc' ? 1 : -1,
+			};
 		default:
 			return {
 				[field]: direction === 'asc' ? 1 : -1,
@@ -51,7 +55,7 @@ Meteor.methods({
 			return;
 		}
 
-		if (!['name', 'createdAt', 'usersCount', ...type === 'channels' ? ['usernames'] : [], ...type === 'users' ? ['username', 'email'] : []].includes(sortBy)) {
+		if (!['name', 'createdAt', 'usersCount', ...type === 'channels' ? ['usernames', 'lastMessage'] : [], ...type === 'users' ? ['username', 'email'] : []].includes(sortBy)) {
 			return;
 		}