Backport of 8810-fix-weight-sort

app/helpers/sorting_helper.rb

@@ -159,6 +159,15 @@ module SortingHelper
     sort_options_hash[sort_value]
   end
 
+  def issuable_sort_icon_suffix(sort_value)
+    case sort_value
+    when sort_value_milestone, sort_value_due_date, /_asc\z/
+      'lowest'
+    else
+      'highest'
+    end
+  end
+
   def issuable_sort_direction_button(sort_value)
     link_class = 'btn btn-default has-tooltip reverse-sort-btn qa-reverse-sort'
     reverse_sort = issuable_reverse_sort_order_hash[sort_value]
@@ -171,15 +180,7 @@ module SortingHelper
     end
 
     link_to(reverse_url, type: 'button', class: link_class, title: 'Sort direction') do
-      icon_suffix =
-        case sort_value
-        when sort_value_milestone, sort_value_due_date, /_asc\z/
-          'lowest'
-        else
-          'highest'
-        end
-
-      sprite_icon("sort-#{icon_suffix}", size: 16)
+      sprite_icon("sort-#{issuable_sort_icon_suffix(sort_value)}", size: 16)
     end
   end
 

app/views/shared/issuable/_sort_dropdown.html.haml

@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@
           = sortable_item(sort_title_due_date,         page_filter_path(sort: sort_value_due_date),         sort_title) if viewing_issues
           = sortable_item(sort_title_popularity,       page_filter_path(sort: sort_value_popularity),       sort_title)
           = sortable_item(sort_title_label_priority,   page_filter_path(sort: sort_value_label_priority),   sort_title)
+          = render_if_exists('shared/ee/issuable/sort_dropdown', viewing_issues: viewing_issues, sort_title: sort_title)
     = issuable_sort_direction_button(sort_value)