Need bigger weight range!

I agree. When creating custom content types with many fields, it is impossible to order the fields properly as there are more fields than weights available.

we are using book module on our site, as you all know, some books have more than 31 chapters 8-(

When I've needed more, the only option I could find was to go in and manually edit the module.

I have only done this on the forms module (for 4.7 and earlier), so I can't tell you off hand where to find it in the other modules.

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Jenni S.

interesting topic
very strange that this isn't fixed yet

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Italian drupaler

I used both patches posted above, but to clarify I will repeat the code modifications with a bit more info.

1. Find this code around line 1494 in /includes/form.inc:
   

   function process_weight($element) {
  for ($n = (-1 * $element['#delta']); $n <= $element['#delta']; $n++) {
    $weights[$n] = $n;
  }
  $element['#options'] = $weights;
  $element['#type'] = 'select';
  $element['#is_weight'] = TRUE;
  return $element;
}
   
   and replace/modify to match this:
   
   function process_weight($element) {
  $element['#delta'] = 100; //Change this value to whatever you like
  for ($n = (-1 * $element['#delta']); $n <= $element['#delta']; $n++) {
    $weights[$n] = $n;
  }
  $element['#options'] = $weights;
  $element['#type'] = 'select';
  $element['#is_weight'] = TRUE;
  return $element;
}

2. Find this code around line 440 in /modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
   
   $form['weight'] = array(
  '#type' => 'weight',
  '#title' => t('Weight'),
  '#default_value' => $edit['weight'],
  '#description' => t('In listings, the heavier terms will sink and the lighter terms will be positioned nearer the top.'));
   
   and replace/modify it to match:
   
   $form['weight'] = array(
  '#type' => 'weight',
  '#title' => t('Weight'),
  '#default_value' => $edit['weight'],
  '#delta' => 100, //Change this number to the value you chose in step 1
  '#description' => t('In listings, the heavier terms will sink and the lighter terms will be positioned nearer the top.'));
3. Find this code around line 175 in /modules/cck/content_admin.inc
   
   if (is_array($value) && (isset($value['#weight']) || $key == 'body_filter') && $value['#weight'] <= 10) {
   
   and replace/modify to match:
   
   if (is_array($value) && (isset($value['#weight']) || $key == 'body_filter') && $value['#weight'] <= 100) {
   
   Notice the value at the end,.. I changed from 10 to 100,.. so that all the fields and groups with a weight higher than 10 will be shown when editing them.

Final Step

Here comes the tricky part.

You will probably need to change all the default weight values to something higher.

I downloaded my entire web dir and opened it in TextMate (a powerful text editor for the mac, Ultra Edit works well for windows) and did a global search & replace.

I searched for: '#weight' => 25 and replaced with: '#weight' => 65 adding 40 to the initial weight. You must do this for all the default values.

I would suggest starting at the highest weight value: 100 and working your way down so you don't enter an infinite loop :). I found that 100 was used as the maximum and it seemed to skip the range until 50. You don't need to search for every incremental value, but the key ones seem to be numbers divisible by 5 (25, 30 etc) and numbers ending in 9.

Be careful modifying weights around and below 10. I'd suggest doing this on a per instance basis.

Oh and of course, always backup your code before changing -anything- :)

There is an easier way, built into drupal, to allow you to increase your weighting list.
And can be implemented per each form if desires.

Create a new module and add this function...

Change the <modulename> with the name of your module and this will increase the weight limits from 10 to 33.

Web Developer : RockRiverStar.com : Philadelphia, PA

Changed line 72 of system.module from

to:

This is a global change to the delta, affecting all 'weight' inputs in all forms, but as far as I'm concerned, that's a good thing.
I've tested it a bit, and it does rearrange the form as I think it should, and the display mirrors the form order. No adverse effects that I've noticed; I will post back here if I see any.
I can imagine it might cause some problems if you ever decided in the future to lowerthe delta. Along the same lines, if you forgot to bring this hack forward when you upgraded to 6 or 7, I imagine there might be a price to pay.

Wrote a tiny module. Hope it could help.

http://remarka.ru/drupal/weight_range-5.x-0.1.tar

I tried one of the above tips increasing the range from 10 to 30, but it didn't work in CCK. If I selected for example weight 12 the field wouldn't show up under Home » Administer » Content management » Content types » Manage fields

It turns out the simple solution and working _with_ Drupal is the way to do it 8o)

Just remember to configure how fields and field labels should be displayed when it's viewed in teaser and full-page mode under "Display fields" before you group them, since they are locked when grouped.