From 9a3744ebb25af6f0cb5af007112ba851c33ea51c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Travis Ralston <travpc@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 09:54:15 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Fix default sorting mechanics for new room list

Fixes https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/14445
---
 src/stores/room-list/RoomListStore2.ts | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/stores/room-list/RoomListStore2.ts b/src/stores/room-list/RoomListStore2.ts
index 8686a3a054..f3a77e765b 100644
--- a/src/stores/room-list/RoomListStore2.ts
+++ b/src/stores/room-list/RoomListStore2.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import { TagWatcher } from "./TagWatcher";
 import RoomViewStore from "../RoomViewStore";
 import { Algorithm, LIST_UPDATED_EVENT } from "./algorithms/Algorithm";
 import { EffectiveMembership, getEffectiveMembership } from "./membership";
-import { ListLayout } from "./ListLayout";
 import { isNullOrUndefined } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/utils";
 import RoomListLayoutStore from "./RoomListLayoutStore";
 import { MarkedExecution } from "../../utils/MarkedExecution";
@@ -425,7 +424,8 @@ export class RoomListStore2 extends AsyncStore<ActionPayload> {
 
     // logic must match calculateListOrder
     private calculateTagSorting(tagId: TagID): SortAlgorithm {
-        const defaultSort = SortAlgorithm.Alphabetic;
+        const isDefaultRecent = tagId === DefaultTagID.Invite || tagId === DefaultTagID.DM;
+        const defaultSort = isDefaultRecent ? SortAlgorithm.Recent : SortAlgorithm.Alphabetic;
         const settingAlphabetical = SettingsStore.getValue("RoomList.orderAlphabetically", null, true);
         const definedSort = this.getTagSorting(tagId);
         const storedSort = this.getStoredTagSorting(tagId);