From ca22776a3fabbcd875f7bb883d89e52826ab3388 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Austin de Coup-Crank <94914780+decoupca@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2023 16:04:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] 11383 fix search order (#12251)

* Fixes #11383: Sorting search by type doesn't work

* Fixes #11383: Sorting search by type doesn't work; more reliable approach
---
 netbox/netbox/tables/tables.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/netbox/netbox/tables/tables.py b/netbox/netbox/tables/tables.py
index 3a2e71084..3047719b7 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/tables/tables.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/tables/tables.py
@@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ class NetBoxTable(BaseTable):
 
 class SearchTable(tables.Table):
     object_type = columns.ContentTypeColumn(
-        verbose_name=_('Type')
+        verbose_name=_('Type'),
+        order_by="object___meta__verbose_name",
     )
     object = tables.Column(
         linkify=True