How are fields arranged?

tknospdr - May 29, 2008 - 18:13

Okay, on the site I'm working on I've got a CCK form with lots of fields on it. Now I know that weighting them allows you to arrange them specifically how you want them.

What is the default sort order for fields that all have the same weight though? I always thought it was alphabetical, but I'm not seeing that in practice on this site.
I've got a few fields defined that are all weighted 0, but aren't in any specific order that I can see.

On a related note, since alpha order doesn't seem to be working does anyone have any tips/tricks for sorting more than 21 items in a row group?

Please see screenshot. Top is how they are laid out and bottom is how they end up. They should be:
AIDS
Angina
Asthma
Arthritis

http://www.technospider.com/~david/sort-order.gif

Thanks,
David
http://www.technospider.com

more groups

vsr - May 29, 2008 - 19:35

Couldn't you just make several groups and assign weights so they will appear alphabetical in that group? You could have three groups and assign each group an appropriate weight so it will be in the right place.

I know I could do that. But

tknospdr - May 29, 2008 - 22:06

I know I could do that. But it looks tacky that way. There really ought to be a more elegant way to accomplish this. Surely someone else has had a need to organize more than 21 fields in a group before.
I need them in alpha order, there ought to be a way to do that.

Thanks,
David
http://www.floridapets.org

Have you looked at

VeeLin - December 4, 2008 - 17:46

Have you looked at Node_Form_Rearrange?
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