Hé Andy,
Thanks for the suggestions. Meanwhile I looked at the code (class-framework-widgets.php) a little more closely and managed to change it. I removed the popular tab and the post order under the recent tab is still descending.
Thanks,
a very content customer :-)
I found out that the given solution in https://kriesi.at/support/topic/setting-the-enfold-combo-widget-default/#post-193872 (which I applied) doesn’t work in Enfold version 3.0.4 and that leads to this bug, a reversal of the posts order. Is there a right way to solve this?