Replacing "Filter Results by ABC" with "Sort by: Price, Date added"

I have looked into this for a while and cant find an answer on how to replace "Filter Results by ABC" with "Sort by: Price, Date added" in the tpl_modules_product_listing.php. There seems to be no admin controls other than to turn it off.

In the tpl_modules_products_all_listing.php it has the functionallity I want but it is work to take the tpl_modules_products_all_listing.php functionality and add it to the tpl_modules_product_listing.php

tpl_modules_products_all_listing.php

<?php
require($template->get_template_dir('/tpl_modules_listing_display_order.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_modules_listing_display_order.php'); ?>

^ adds the box I want, but page still won't sort the items

I am now looking for what code I need to that from tpl_modules_products_all_listing.php to tpl_modules_product_listing.php to get it to filter the results, I have not looked at the code for long as I dont think I can do it.

tpl_modules_products_all_listing.php:

<?php
/**
 * Page Template
 *
 * @package templateSystem
 * @copyright Copyright 2003-2005 Zen Cart Development Team
 * @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
 * @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
 * @version $Id: tpl_products_all_default.php 2603 2005-12-19 20:22:08Z wilt $
 */
?>
<div class="centerColumn" id="allProductsDefault">
<h1 id="allProductsDefaultHeading"><?php echo HEADING_TITLE; ?></h1>
<?php
require($template->get_template_dir('/tpl_modules_listing_display_order.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_modules_listing_display_order.php'); ?>
<br class="clearBoth" />
<?php
  if (PRODUCT_ALL_LISTING_MULTIPLE_ADD_TO_CART > 0 and $show_submit == true and $products_all_split->number_of_rows > 0) {
?>
<?php
    if ($show_top_submit_button == true or $show_bottom_submit_button == true) {
      echo zen_draw_form('multiple_products_cart_quantity', zen_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCTS_ALL, zen_get_all_get_params(array('action')) . 'action=multiple_products_add_product'), 'post', 'enctype="multipart/form-data"');
    }
  }
?>
<?php
  if ($show_top_submit_button == true) {
// only show when there is something to submit
?>
<div class="buttonRow forward"><?php echo zen_image_submit(BUTTON_IMAGE_ADD_PRODUCTS_TO_CART, BUTTON_ADD_PRODUCTS_TO_CART_ALT, 'id="submit1" name="submit1"'); ?></div>
<?php
  } // top submit button
?>
<br class="clearBoth" />
<?php
  if (($products_all_split->number_of_rows > 0) && ((PREV_NEXT_BAR_LOCATION == '1') || (PREV_NEXT_BAR_LOCATION == '3'))) {
?>
  <div id="allProductsListingTopNumber" class="navSplitPagesResult back"><?php echo $products_all_split->display_count(TEXT_DISPLAY_NUMBER_OF_PRODUCTS_ALL); ?></div>
  <div id="allProductsListingTopLinks" class="navSplitPagesLinks forward"><?php echo TEXT_RESULT_PAGE . ' ' . $products_all_split->display_links(MAX_DISPLAY_PAGE_LINKS, zen_get_all_get_params(array('page', 'info', 'x', 'y', 'main_page'))); ?></div>
<?php
  }
?>
<br class="clearBoth" />
<?php
/**
 * display the new products
 */
require($template->get_template_dir('/tpl_modules_products_all_listing.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'templates'). '/tpl_modules_products_all_listing.php'); ?>
<?php
  if (($products_all_split->number_of_rows > 0) && ((PREV_NEXT_BAR_LOCATION == '2') || (PREV_NEXT_BAR_LOCATION == '3'))) {
?>
  <div id="allProductsListingBottomNumber" class="navSplitPagesResult back"><?php echo $products_all_split->display_count(TEXT_DISPLAY_NUMBER_OF_PRODUCTS_ALL); ?></div>
  <div id="allProductsListingBottomLinks" class="navSplitPagesLinks forward"><?php echo TEXT_RESULT_PAGE . ' ' . $products_all_split->display_links(MAX_DISPLAY_PAGE_LINKS, zen_get_all_get_params(array('page', 'info', 'x', 'y', 'main_page'))); ?></div>
<?php
  }
?>
<br class="clearBoth" />
<?php
  if ($show_bottom_submit_button == true) {
// only show when there is something to submit
?>
  <div class="buttonRow forward"><?php echo zen_image_submit(BUTTON_IMAGE_ADD_PRODUCTS_TO_CART, BUTTON_ADD_PRODUCTS_TO_CART_ALT, 'id="submit2" name="submit1"'); ?></div>
<?php
  }  // bottom submit button
?>
<?php
// only end form if form is created
    if ($show_top_submit_button == true or $show_bottom_submit_button == true) {
?>
</form>
<?php } // end if form is made ?>
</div>

tpl_modules_product_listing.php:

 
<?php
/**
 * Module Template
 *
 * @package templateSystem
 * @copyright Copyright 2003-2005 Zen Cart Development Team
 * @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
 * @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
 * @version $Id: tpl_modules_product_listing.php 3241 2006-03-22 04:27:27Z ajeh $
 */
 include(DIR_WS_MODULES . zen_get_module_directory(FILENAME_PRODUCT_LISTING));
?>
<div id="productListing">
<?php
// only show when there is something to submit and enabled
    if ($show_top_submit_button == true) {
?>
<div class="buttonRow forward"><?php echo zen_image_submit(BUTTON_IMAGE_ADD_PRODUCTS_TO_CART, BUTTON_ADD_PRODUCTS_TO_CART_ALT, 'id="submit1" name="submit1"'); ?></div>
<br class="clearBoth" />
<?php
    } // show top submit
?>
<?php if ( ($listing_split->number_of_rows > 0) && ( (PREV_NEXT_BAR_LOCATION == '1') || (PREV_NEXT_BAR_LOCATION == '3') ) ) {
?>
<div id="productsListingTopNumber" class="navSplitPagesResult back"><?php echo $listing_split->display_count(TEXT_DISPLAY_NUMBER_OF_PRODUCTS); ?></div>
<div id="productsListingListingTopLinks" class="navSplitPagesLinks forward"><?php echo TEXT_RESULT_PAGE . ' ' . $listing_split->display_links(MAX_DISPLAY_PAGE_LINKS, zen_get_all_get_params(array('page', 'info', 'x', 'y', 'main_page'))); ?></div>
<br class="clearBoth" />
<?php
}
?>
<?php
/**
 * load the list_box_content template to display the products
 */
  require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_tabular_display.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common'). '/tpl_tabular_display.php');
?>
<?php if ( ($listing_split->number_of_rows > 0) && ((PREV_NEXT_BAR_LOCATION == '2') || (PREV_NEXT_BAR_LOCATION == '3')) ) {
?>
<div id="productsListingBottomNumber" class="navSplitPagesResult back"><?php echo $listing_split->display_count(TEXT_DISPLAY_NUMBER_OF_PRODUCTS); ?></div>
<div  id="productsListingListingBottomLinks" class="navSplitPagesLinks forward"><?php echo TEXT_RESULT_PAGE . ' ' . $listing_split->display_links(MAX_DISPLAY_PAGE_LINKS, zen_get_all_get_params(array('page', 'info', 'x', 'y'))); ?></div>
<br class="clearBoth" />
<?php
  }
?>
<?php
// only show when there is something to submit and enabled
    if ($show_bottom_submit_button == true) {
?>
<div class="buttonRow forward"><?php echo zen_image_submit(BUTTON_IMAGE_ADD_PRODUCTS_TO_CART, BUTTON_ADD_PRODUCTS_TO_CART_ALT, 'id="submit2" name="submit1"'); ?></div>
<br class="clearBoth" />
<?php
    } // show_bottom_submit_button
?>
</div>
<?php
// if ($show_top_submit_button == true or $show_bottom_submit_button == true or (PRODUCT_LISTING_MULTIPLE_ADD_TO_CART != 0 and $show_submit == true and $listing_split->number_of_rows > 0)) {
  if ($show_top_submit_button == true or $show_bottom_submit_button == true) {
?>
</form>
<?php } ?>

im looking for this as well!
is the one you changed working or not?
my zencart got so many items, its really need a filter. but not by ABCD....

no not working

the titles above the item lists e.g. title, price, etc. you can click on to sort by price, etc. I just removed the "alpha drop down" from the settings in the admin > configuration > product listing (I think) becuase it looks unprofessional.

Perhaps you can put the text "sort by on the left of the titles. I believe they are coming out with zencart 2.0 sometime in the future so I dont have time to look into this as I dont know what the new version will be like.

Also the ALL PRODUCTS Page has this option; so you could create some link somewhere call Sort by price and link it to the all products page set to sort by price.
E.g. http://www.galaxybeads.com.au/**index.php?main_page=products_all&disp_order=3**

Giving this a bump because I'm having the same issue. My client wants a dropdown on the product listing page that's like the one on the All Products page. I find it hard to believe that Zen Cart doesn't have a 'sort by price' feature built in... am I missing something?

I tried the extension that also lists attributes, but it gives a price range rather than simply sorting by price, in sequence. Also, this site uses items priced by attributes, so it needs to give the lowest (or highest) base price first.

Actually, I just found the solution:
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&products_id=1559