How to order articles by views in Sanity deskStructure.js?

Your code is almost correct! The method you're looking for is defaultOrdering() instead of ordering(). Here's the fix:

.child(
  S.documentTypeList('article')
    .title('Artikler efter sidevisninger')
    .filter('_type == "article"')
    .defaultOrdering([
      {field: 'views', direction: 'desc'}
    ])
)

The key differences from your code:

• Use defaultOrdering() instead of ordering()
• Pass the ordering array directly as an argument (not wrapped in an object with by and title properties)
• The array contains objects with field and direction properties

So the correct pattern is:

.defaultOrdering([
  {field: 'fieldName', direction: 'desc'} // or 'asc'
])

You can also specify multiple ordering criteria if needed:

.defaultOrdering([
  {field: 'views', direction: 'desc'},
  {field: 'title', direction: 'asc'}
])

This will order your articles by views in descending order (highest views first) in your desk structure. The defaultOrdering() method is part of the Structure Builder API and works with both S.documentTypeList() and S.documentList().

One gotcha to be aware of: If you select a custom sort order manually in the Studio UI, it will override your defaultOrdering configuration and save that preference to local storage. If your configuration doesn't seem to be working, try clearing your browser's local storage or testing in a different browser.