diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/search/search_model.js b/addons/web/static/src/search/search_model.js
index e25071048e0..27bcaf15af5 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/search/search_model.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/search/search_model.js
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import { FACET_ICONS } from "./utils/misc";
 import { EventBus, toRaw } from "@odoo/owl";
 const { DateTime } = luxon;
 
+/** @typedef {import("../views/relational_model").OrderTerm} OrderTerm */
+
 /**
  * @typedef {Object} ComparisonDomain
  * @property {DomainListRepr} arrayRepr
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ const { DateTime } = luxon;
  * @property {Context} context
  * @property {DomainListRepr} domain
  * @property {string[]} groupBy
- * @property {string[]} orderBy
+ * @property {OrderTerm[]} orderBy
  * @property {boolean} [useSampleModel] to remove?
  */
 
@@ -198,7 +200,7 @@ export class SearchModel extends EventBus {
      * @param {string[]} [config.groupBy=[]]
      * @param {boolean} [config.loadIrFilters=false]
      * @param {boolean} [config.display.searchPanel=true]
-     * @param {string[]} [config.orderBy=[]]
+     * @param {OrderTerm[]} [config.orderBy=[]]
      * @param {string[]} [config.searchMenuTypes=["filter", "groupBy", "favorite"]]
      * @param {Object} [config.state]
      */
@@ -376,7 +378,7 @@ export class SearchModel extends EventBus {
      * @param {Object} [config.context={}]
      * @param {Array} [config.domain=[]]
      * @param {string[]} [config.groupBy=[]]
-     * @param {string[]} [config.orderBy=[]]
+     * @param {OrderTerm[]} [config.orderBy=[]]
      */
     async reload(config = {}) {
         this._reset();
@@ -496,7 +498,7 @@ export class SearchModel extends EventBus {
     }
 
     /**
-     * @returns {string[]}
+     * @returns {OrderTerm[]}
      */
     get orderBy() {
         if (!this._orderBy) {
@@ -1801,7 +1803,7 @@ export class SearchModel extends EventBus {
     }
 
     /**
-     * @returns {string[]}
+     * @returns {OrderTerm[]}
      */
     _getOrderBy() {
         const groups = this._getGroups();
@@ -1815,8 +1817,7 @@ export class SearchModel extends EventBus {
                 }
             }
         }
-        orderBy = orderBy.length ? orderBy : this.globalOrderBy;
-        return typeof orderBy === "string" ? [orderBy] : orderBy;
+        return orderBy.length ? orderBy : this.globalOrderBy;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/search/with_search/with_search.js b/addons/web/static/src/search/with_search/with_search.js
index 8fd1304bd24..148f8ecf510 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/search/with_search/with_search.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/search/with_search/with_search.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ WithSearch.props = {
     context: { type: Object, optional: true },
     domain: { type: Array, element: [String, Array], optional: true },
     groupBy: { type: Array, element: String, optional: true },
-    orderBy: { type: Array, element: String, optional: true },
+    orderBy: { type: Array, element: Object, optional: true },
 
     // search view description
     searchViewArch: { type: String, optional: true },
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/views/standard_view_props.js b/addons/web/static/src/views/standard_view_props.js
index ec7b669637d..92951708c35 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/views/standard_view_props.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/views/standard_view_props.js
@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@ export const standardViewProps = {
     createRecord: { type: Function, optional: true },
     display: { type: Object, optional: true },
     domain: { type: Array },
-    fields: { type: Object, elements: Object },
+    fields: { type: Object },
     globalState: { type: Object, optional: true },
-    groupBy: { type: Array, elements: String },
+    groupBy: { type: Array, element: String },
     limit: { type: Number, optional: true },
     noBreadcrumbs: { type: Boolean, optional: true },
-    orderBy: { type: Array, elements: String },
-    relatedModels: { type: Object, elements: Object, optional: true },
+    orderBy: { type: Array, element: Object },
+    relatedModels: { type: Object, optional: true },
     resId: { type: [Number, Boolean], optional: true },
     resIds: { type: Array, optional: true },
-    searchMenuTypes: { type: Array, elements: String },
+    searchMenuTypes: { type: Array, element: String },
     selectRecord: { type: Function, optional: true },
     state: { type: Object, optional: true },
     useSampleModel: { type: Boolean },
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/views/utils.js b/addons/web/static/src/views/utils.js
index b5d58444bd1..78891d7e414 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/views/utils.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/views/utils.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ export const X2M_TYPES = ["one2many", "many2many"];
 const RELATIONAL_TYPES = [...X2M_TYPES, "many2one"];
 const NUMERIC_TYPES = ["integer", "float", "monetary"];
 
+/** @typedef {import("./relational_model").OrderTerm} OrderTerm */
+
 /**
  * @typedef ViewActiveActions {
  * @property {"view"} type
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/views/view.js b/addons/web/static/src/views/view.js
index c52ff016ea9..d9461a0461f 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/views/view.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/views/view.js
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ export function getDefaultConfig() {
     return config;
 }
 
+/** @typedef {import("./relational_model").OrderTerm} OrderTerm */
+
 /** @typedef {Object} ViewProps
  *  @property {string} resModel
  *  @property {string} type
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ export function getDefaultConfig() {
  *  @property {Object} [context={}]
  *  @property {DomainRepr} [domain]
  *  @property {string[]} [groupBy]
- *  @property {string[]} [orderBy]
+ *  @property {OrderTerm[]} [orderBy]
  *
  *  @property {boolean} [useSampleModel]
  *  @property {string} [noContentHelp]
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/search/with_search_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/search/with_search_tests.js
index 0f47764c463..5ef3cd32131 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/search/with_search_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/search/with_search_tests.js
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ QUnit.module("Search", (hooks) => {
                     });
                     assert.deepEqual(domain, [[0, "=", 1]]);
                     assert.deepEqual(groupBy, ["birthday"]);
-                    assert.deepEqual(orderBy, ["bar"]);
+                    assert.deepEqual(orderBy, [{name: "bar", asc: true}]);
                 }
             }
             TestComponent.template = xml`<div class="o_test_component">Test component content</div>`;
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ QUnit.module("Search", (hooks) => {
                 domain: [[0, "=", 1]],
                 groupBy: ["birthday"],
                 context: { key: "val" },
-                orderBy: ["bar"],
+                orderBy: [{name: "bar", asc: true}],
             });
         }
     );
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/view_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/view_tests.js
index fcccbeed1d8..9de54366c54 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/view_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/view_tests.js
@@ -1425,7 +1425,7 @@ QUnit.module("Views", (hooks) => {
                     });
                     assert.deepEqual(domain, [[0, "=", 1]]);
                     assert.deepEqual(groupBy, ["birthday"]);
-                    assert.deepEqual(orderBy, ["bar"]);
+                    assert.deepEqual(orderBy, [{name: "bar", asc: true}]);
                 }
             }
             ToyController.template = xml`<div/>`;
@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@ QUnit.module("Views", (hooks) => {
                 domain: [[0, "=", 1]],
                 groupBy: ["birthday"],
                 context: { key: "val" },
-                orderBy: ["bar"],
+                orderBy: [{name: "bar", asc: true}],
             };
             await mount(View, target, { env, props });
         }
@@ -1593,7 +1593,7 @@ QUnit.module("Views", (hooks) => {
                     });
                     assert.deepEqual(domain, ["&", [0, "=", 1], [1, "=", 1]]);
                     assert.deepEqual(groupBy, ["name"]);
-                    assert.deepEqual(orderBy, ["bar"]);
+                    assert.deepEqual(orderBy, [{name: "bar", asc: true}]);
                 }
             }
             ToyController.template = xml`<div/>`;
@@ -1607,7 +1607,7 @@ QUnit.module("Views", (hooks) => {
                 domain: [[0, "=", 1]],
                 groupBy: ["birthday"],
                 context: { search_default_filter: 1, search_default_group_by: 1 },
-                orderBy: ["bar"],
+                orderBy: [{name: "bar", asc: true}],
             };
             await mount(View, target, { env, props });
         }