Title: Respond to user input?
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Respond to user input?

 *  Resolved [Evil Overlord](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evil-overlord/)
 * (@evil-overlord)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/respond-to-user-input/)
 * I’m using this plugin to display a set of images – in this case, a grid of thumbnails
   from book review posts. I can see how to sort by name or by date. Is there a 
   way to switch the sort based on user input? e.g., a toggle or radio button that
   would sort based on post name, post date, as selected by the page viewer?
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 *  Plugin Author [Eliot Akira](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miyarakira/)
 * (@miyarakira)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/respond-to-user-input/#post-6539654)
 * Sorting by user input needs JavaScript, which this plugin doesn’t include. There
   may be a way to do it with query variables, but that would require reloading 
   the page each time the user changes the sort criteria. So..at this point, the
   plugin doesn’t provide this feature.
 *  Thread Starter [Evil Overlord](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evil-overlord/)
 * (@evil-overlord)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/respond-to-user-input/#post-6539658)
 * OK, thanks.
 *  Plugin Author [Eliot Akira](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miyarakira/)
 * (@miyarakira)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/respond-to-user-input/#post-6539723)
 * It’s a nice feature though, and I know the effect you mean, like an animated 
   sort. I’m (slowly) working on some add-ons for this plugin, so I’ll keep your
   idea in mind and let you know if/when it gets built.
 *  Thread Starter [Evil Overlord](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evil-overlord/)
 * (@evil-overlord)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/respond-to-user-input/#post-6539741)
 * Thanks. My application would probably require a reload anyway, since I’m only
   loading 40 or so of 300, and the order would be quite different. I could accomplish
   this with a button/link and an alternate page, but that seems overkill. If you
   implement this, I’d be happy to use it, but otherwise, I’ll just choose an order,
   and go with that.

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 * Last reply from: [Evil Overlord](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evil-overlord/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/respond-to-user-input/#post-6539741)
 * Status: resolved