How to obtain the current user's threaded message sort order?

Claudius,

Code below will give you "Linear Format: Sorting order within topics"

${coreNode.settings.name.get("layout.linear_in_thread_sort", "none")}

Code you have mentioned is for "Sort topics by", its value either true or false only.

<#assign sort_order = restadmin("/settings/name/layout.sort_view_by_last_post_date").value />
${coreNode.settings.name.get("layout.sort_view_by_last_post_date", "none")}

Claudius I cannot find much more info then this, and the above values only represent the initial setting of the ordering, not the current ordering.

have you found a solution for this? I hope so, as I need the exact same thing (to hide a component depending on the sort order).

I have a way to detect the current sort order using javascript. I have added the following to my component and this seems to work fine!

<#-- Hide the thing if the sort order is not Oldest to Newest -->

<script>

const sortObserver = new MutationObserver((mutations, obs) => {
    const sortMenu = document.querySelector('.lia-thread-sort-menu');
    if (sortMenu) {
        const divToHide = document.getElementById('highlighted_section');
        const sortOrderOldtonew = sortMenu.querySelector('[aria-label="Van oudste naar nieuwste"], [aria-label="Oldest to Newest"]');
        if (!sortOrderOldtonew && divToHide) {
            divToHide.style.display = 'none';
        }
        obs.disconnect();
        return;
  }
});

sortObserver.observe(document, {
  childList: true,
  subtree: true
});

</script>

This searches for the id #actionMenuDropDown_4, inside class .lia-thread-sort-menu. If this doesn't exist drop down option#4 is not currently set and thus my target div is hidden.

Claudius I am still curious if you found a better way to detect the current sort order.