From b50d95005aad276e04a3a1b40fce2e4783e410e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: K Gopal Krishna <mail@kayg.org>
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2025 19:05:37 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Fix(RecentNotes): Prevent folder pages from always appearing
 first

Pass prioritizeFolders=false to byDateAndAlphabetical in RecentNotes to sort strictly by date/alphabetical order, fixing issue #1901.
---
 quartz/components/PageList.tsx    | 14 ++++++++------
 quartz/components/RecentNotes.tsx |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/quartz/components/PageList.tsx b/quartz/components/PageList.tsx
index 2a5f0e055..e47ccfa7b 100644
--- a/quartz/components/PageList.tsx
+++ b/quartz/components/PageList.tsx
@@ -6,13 +6,15 @@ import { GlobalConfiguration } from "../cfg"
 
 export type SortFn = (f1: QuartzPluginData, f2: QuartzPluginData) => number
 
-export function byDateAndAlphabetical(cfg: GlobalConfiguration): SortFn {
+export function byDateAndAlphabetical(cfg: GlobalConfiguration, prioritizeFolders: boolean = true): SortFn {
   return (f1, f2) => {
-    // Sort folders first
-    const f1IsFolder = isFolderPath(f1.slug ?? "")
-    const f2IsFolder = isFolderPath(f2.slug ?? "")
-    if (f1IsFolder && !f2IsFolder) return -1
-    if (!f1IsFolder && f2IsFolder) return 1
+    if (prioritizeFolders) {
+      // Sort folders first
+      const f1IsFolder = isFolderPath(f1.slug ?? "")
+      const f2IsFolder = isFolderPath(f2.slug ?? "")
+      if (f1IsFolder && !f2IsFolder) return -1
+      if (!f1IsFolder && f2IsFolder) return 1
+    }
 
     // If both are folders or both are files, sort by date/alphabetical
     if (f1.dates && f2.dates) {
diff --git a/quartz/components/RecentNotes.tsx b/quartz/components/RecentNotes.tsx
index 2c32feadf..1f6ba42ca 100644
--- a/quartz/components/RecentNotes.tsx
+++ b/quartz/components/RecentNotes.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const defaultOptions = (cfg: GlobalConfiguration): Options => ({
   linkToMore: false,
   showTags: true,
   filter: () => true,
-  sort: byDateAndAlphabetical(cfg),
+  sort: byDateAndAlphabetical(cfg, false),
 })
 
 export default ((userOpts?: Partial<Options>) => {