Hack Movable Type app to order assets by asset label

Using MTML, you can sort assets by label in an entry context like this:

<mt:EntryAssets sort_by="label">
    <!-- asset content here -->
</mt:EntryAssets>

However on the Edit Entry screen the filename for each asset is listed, but the assets are not sorted by filename.

The following steps will update the Edit Entry/Page screen to list assets by asset label…

Three App Templates to Edit

$MT_HOME/tmpl/cms/edit_entry.tmpl

Update the template that produces the Edit Entry/Page screen.

1. Line 491:

   <mt:var name="asset_name">
   

   Change to:

   <mt:var name="asset_label"> [<mt:var name="asset_name">]
   

$MT_HOME/lib/MT/CMS/Entry.pm

Update the script that collects the assets in the sidebar of the Edit Entry/Page screen.

1. Line 191:

   $asset_1 = {asset_id => $asset->id, asset_name => $asset->file_name, asset_thumb => $asset->thumbnail_url(Width=>100)};
   

   Change to:

   $asset_1 = {asset_id => $asset->id, asset_name => $asset->file_name, asset_label => $asset->label, asset_thumb => $asset->thumbnail_url(Width=>100)};
   

2. Line 193:

   $asset_1 = {asset_id => $asset->id, asset_name => $asset->file_name};
   

   Change to:

   $asset_1 = {asset_id => $asset->id, asset_name => $asset->file_name, asset_label => $asset->label};
   

3. Line 201:

   my $asset_1 = {asset_id => $asset->id, asset_name => $asset->file_name};
   

   Change to:

   my $asset_1 = {asset_id => $asset->id, asset_name => $asset->file_name, asset_label => $asset->label};
   

4. Line 210:

   $asset_1 = {asset_id => $asset->id, asset_name => $asset->file_name, asset_thumb => $asset->thumbnail_url(Width=>100)};
   

   Change to:

   $asset_1 = {asset_id => $asset->id, asset_name => $asset->file_name, asset_label => $asset->label, asset_thumb => $asset->thumbnail_url(Width=>100)};
   

5. Line 212:

   $asset_1 = {asset_id => $asset->id, asset_name => $asset->file_name};
   

   Change to:

   $asset_1 = {asset_id => $asset->id, asset_name => $asset->file_name, asset_label => $asset->label};
   

6. Line 217: This will sort assets by asset_label:

   $param->{asset_loop} = $assets;
   

   Change to:

   $param->{asset_loop} = [ map $_->[1], sort { $a->[0] cmp $b->[0] } map { [ $_->{asset_label}, $_ ] } @$assets ];
   

$MT_HOME/tmpl/cms/dialog/asset_insert.tmpl

Update the script that inserts the asset into the list of assets once selected.

1. Line43

   myAssetLink.appendChild(document.createTextNode('<mt:AssetLabel encode_js="1"> [<mt:AssetFileName encode_js="1">]'));
   

   Change to:

   myAssetLink.appendChild(document.createTextNode('<mt:AssetFileName encode_js="1">'));