collection_list input type doesn't always present items in a stable sort order?

[alibosworth]

I've enjoyed using the new `collection_list` input type.  The blog post announcing this new type says:

> [it allows] merchants to quickly create curated, ordered and paginatable lists of [...] collections.

And merchants are able to drag and drop the list of collections to customize the list order.  Both developers and merchants expect the chosen order to always be requested.

However, what I'm finding is that in practice, it occasionally moves the currently-viewed collection to the top of the list of collections.

This issue can be demonstrated by following these steps:

1) go https://vspconsignment.com/collections/women on a desktop view
2) expand the "Collections" item in the sidebar
3) Click between collections in this group, sometimes it works consistently as expected, but after a while it always seems to incorrectly sort the items

There is a video of this attached 

Has anyone else seen this? Is there any way to file a bug with Shopify?  I checked out the Dawn theme hoping that it used collection_list so that I could repro it there and open an issue on the Dawn repo, however the theme doesn't yet use collection_list.

[nicmeric]

Same behavior happens to me, did you figure out how to keep the collection order?

[Imogen]

Appreciate you following up with me here, @alibosworth, and providing that context. I'll go ahead and pass along your feedback internally, and flag this thread and your comment, too, in order to get some refreshed eyes on things. Feel free to connect with the Partner Support Team anyway via your Partner Dashboard, as that will also let our Team know that there is some renewed interested in this topic.

@nicmeric - feel free to take the time to reach out to our Partner Team via the Partner Dashboard as well to let them know about your interest around this!

[ineptian]

Any update on this? Seems like it should be a relatively simple fix on the shopify end. Wild to me that is has been an issue for over a year.

[Imogen]

Hey there, @alibosworth! Thanks for taking the time to reach out to the Shopify Community today with your feedback regarding this recent update in our Dev Blog! My name is Imogen. It's good to meet you!

If you suspect that you've encountered a bug regarding this update, then it would be best if you could report to our Partner Support Team via your Partner Dashboard! This will ensure our Team gets the information they need from you to investigate. Additionally, you could consider writing about this topic in our Developer section of the Community Forums, are more folks familiar with this update will likely see your post there and let you know what they've experienced with this update.

[alibosworth]

Hi Imogen, sadly we already did that, the "Plus Front End Development team" opened a ticket nearly a year ago (ticket number 37959596).  They confirmed it was an issue but were unable to to provide any timeline on fix.

As you can see, other people are reporting this, and surely customers are experiencing a detrimental shopping experience. Perhaps you can provide that feedback internally to help push the ticket along.

[lsloss]

I have this exact same issue on two sites. It's doesn't happen consistently but occasionally the collections order jumps around putting the current one first. Did you ever find a work around?

[nicmeric]

Hi @lsloss , in the end, I used the link_list field.

[ineptian]

Over a year later and this is still an issue. Wild.