Implemented ordering, tests in the next commit.

djadmin2/settings.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ MODEL_ADMIN_ATTRS = (
     'list_display_links', 'list_filter', 'admin', 'search_fields',
     'field_renderers', 'index_view', 'detail_view', 'create_view',
     'update_view', 'delete_view', 'get_default_view_kwargs',
-    'get_list_actions', 'actions_on_bottom', 'actions_on_top',
-    'save_on_top', 'save_on_bottom', 'readonly_fields', )
+    'get_list_actions', 'get_ordering', 'actions_on_bottom', 'actions_on_top',
+    'ordering', 'save_on_top', 'save_on_bottom', 'readonly_fields', )
 
 ADMIN2_THEME_DIRECTORY = getattr(settings, "ADMIN2_THEME_DIRECTORY", "djadmin2theme_default")

djadmin2/types.py

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ class ModelAdmin2(with_metaclass(ModelAdminBase2)):
     verbose_name = None
     verbose_name_plural = None
     model_admin_attributes = settings.MODEL_ADMIN_ATTRS
+    ordering = False
     save_on_top = False
     save_on_bottom = True
 
@@ -261,6 +262,9 @@ class ModelAdmin2(with_metaclass(ModelAdminBase2)):
                 }
         return actions_dict
 
+    def get_ordering(self, request):
+        return self.ordering
+
 
 class Admin2Inline(extra_views.InlineFormSet):
     """

djadmin2/views.py

@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ class ModelListView(AdminModel2Mixin, generic.ListView):
             queryset, search_use_distinct = self.get_search_results(
                 queryset, search_term)
 
+        queryset = self._modify_queryset_for_ordering(queryset)
+
         if self.model_admin.list_filter:
             queryset = self.build_list_filter(queryset).qs
 
@@ -166,6 +168,12 @@ class ModelListView(AdminModel2Mixin, generic.ListView):
         else:
             return queryset
 
+    def _modify_queryset_for_ordering(self, queryset):
+        ordering = self.model_admin.get_ordering(self.request)
+        if ordering:
+            queryset = queryset.order_by(*ordering)
+        return queryset
+
     def _modify_queryset_for_sort(self, queryset):
         # If we are sorting AND the field exists on the model
         sort_by = self.request.GET.get('sort', None)

example/blog/admin2.py

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class PostAdmin(djadmin2.ModelAdmin2):
     }
     save_on_top = True
     date_hierarchy = "published_date"
+    ordering = ["published_date", "title",]
 
 
 class CommentAdmin(djadmin2.ModelAdmin2):