How to set default product sort direction (asc/desc) for few categories only through xml

Question

In Magento 2 how I can set default product sort direction (asc/desc) for specific categories through layout update xml of Manage Categories ->Specific Category-> Design section. Like I did in screenshot... But its not working :(

Answer 1

You just need to change referenceblock name to "product_list_toolbar". because we dont have setDefaultDirection method in Magento\Catalog\Block\Product\ListProduct class. after update your code will become like this

<referenceContainer name="content">
  <referenceBlock name="product_list_toolbar">
          <action method="setDefaultDirection">
              <argument name="dir" xsi:type="string">desc</argument>
            </action>
  </referenceBlock>
</referenceContainer>

please let me know if you have any queries.