--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2007/09/05 05:09:53	1.579
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2007/09/07 19:51:41	1.580
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.579 2007/09/05 05:09:53 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.580 2007/09/07 19:51:41 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -5651,7 +5651,7 @@ sub user_picker {
     my $currdom = $dom;
     my %curr_selected = (
                         srchin => 'dom',
-                        srchby => 'uname',
+                        srchby => 'lastname',
                       );
     my $srchterm;
     if (ref($srch) eq 'HASH') {
@@ -5713,7 +5713,7 @@ sub user_picker {
     $srchinsel .= "\n  </select>\n";
 
     my $srchbysel =  ' <select name="srchby">';
-    foreach my $option ('uname','lastname','lastfirst') {
+    foreach my $option ('lastname','lastfirst','uname') {
         if ($curr_selected{'srchby'} eq $option) {
             $srchbysel .= '
    <option value="'.$option.'" selected="selected">'.$lt{$option}.'</option>';
@@ -5725,7 +5725,7 @@ sub user_picker {
     $srchbysel .= "\n  </select>\n";
 
     my $srchtypesel = ' <select name="srchtype">';
-    foreach my $option ('exact','begins','contains') {
+    foreach my $option ('begins','contains','exact') {
         if ($curr_selected{'srchtype'} eq $option) {
             $srchtypesel .= '
    <option value="'.$option.'" selected="selected">'.$lt{$option}.'</option>';