Ohh i see, so you want to hide those buttons completely?
I thought you just want to manage them. To remove it completely, yes you would need some coding changes and i remember this has been asked from one of our client in the forum.
For those are are interested in the solution;
the file to make edits is this:
ROOT/templates/<yourjoomlatemplate>/html/com_virtuemart/category/default.php
(default.php, flexv2.php, defaultlist.php etc.. depends on which layout you are using)
And remove this PHP line:
<?php echo $this->orderByList['orderby']; ?>
Cheers.
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