changes

Author: djechlin-mongodb

packages/compass-crud/src/stores/crud-store.ts

@@ -1544,6 +1544,7 @@ class CrudStoreImpl
     });
   }
 
+  // so this thing
   /**
    * This function is called when the collection filter changes.
    */
@@ -1572,6 +1573,7 @@ class CrudStoreImpl
           has_projection:
             !!query.project && Object.keys(query.project).length > 0,
           has_skip: (query.skip ?? 0) > 0,
+          // here's your has sort
           has_sort: !!query.sort && Object.keys(query.sort).length > 0,
           has_limit: (query.limit ?? 0) > 0,
           has_collation: !!query.collation,
@@ -1615,7 +1617,14 @@ class CrudStoreImpl
       countOptions.hint = '_id_';
     }
 
+    // ok so this is half your battle
+    const sort =
+      query.sort ||
+      (this.preferences.getPreferences().showRecentDocumentsFirst &&
+        'natural: -1');
+
     const findOptions = {
+      // and here
       sort: query.sort,
       projection: query.project,
       skip: query.skip,

packages/compass-preferences-model/src/preferences-schema.ts

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ export type UserConfigurablePreferences = PermanentFeatureFlags &
     enableGenAISampleDocumentPassing: boolean;
     enablePerformanceAdvisorBanner: boolean;
     maximumNumberOfActiveConnections?: number;
+    showRecentDocumentsFirst: boolean;
     enableShowDialogOnQuit: boolean;
     enableCreatingNewConnections: boolean;
     enableProxySupport: boolean;
@@ -537,6 +538,21 @@ export const storedUserPreferencesProps: Required<{
     validator: z.boolean().default(false),
     type: 'boolean',
   },
+  /**
+   * Set the default sort.
+   */
+  showRecentDocumentsFirst: {
+    ui: true,
+    cli: true,
+    global: true,
+    description: {
+      short: 'Show recent documents first',
+      long: "If true, queries without a sort order will use '$natural: -1' as the sort order, which generally shows recently inserted documents first.",
+    },
+    validator: z.boolean().default(false),
+    type: 'boolean',
+  },
+
   /**
    * Switch to enable DevTools in Electron.
    */

packages/compass-settings/src/components/settings/general.tsx

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const generalFields = [
   'readOnly',
   'enableShell',
   'protectConnectionStrings',
+  'showRecentDocumentsFirst',
   'showKerberosPasswordField',
   'maxTimeMS',
   'enableDevTools',

packages/compass-web/sandbox/index.tsx

@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ const App = () => {
               enablePerformanceAdvisorBanner: isAtlas,
               enableAtlasSearchIndexes: !isAtlas,
               maximumNumberOfActiveConnections: isAtlas ? 10 : undefined,
+              showRecentDocumentsFirst: false,
               atlasServiceBackendPreset: atlasServiceSandboxBackendVariant,
               enableCreatingNewConnections: !isAtlas,
               enableGlobalWrites: isAtlas,