By Wai_Wai on

Hi.
When you go ot "Administrator | Blocks", you can set their weight.
Does anyone know if there's a difference between negative weight (eg -3) & positive weight (eg 5)?
Thanks.

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DriesK’s picture

DriesK commented

There is no real difference between negative and positive weigths as such. The weights are always compared relative to each other. The block/term/node with the lightest weight will be displayed at the top of lists, followed by the second lightest, etc.

So say you have 2 blocks, then assigning them for example -10 and -9 as weights, will result in exactly the same as assigning 4 and 5 (in that order). -10 is lighter than -9, and 4 is lighter than 5.

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Wai_Wai commented

Thanks a lot!

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green monkey commented

there is also a little trick - I use you that may be of some help to you in the long term.

When I assign weights, I skip numbers - usually like

-10
-6
- 2
3
7
11

like that - this way if I have to add something later - I can usually find a place to wedge it in without having to redo my structure. This is a simple, yet powerful stucture tool - I use it everyday.

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Wai_Wai commented

Thanks for the tip.
But how can you get the number "11"? The maximum is only "10".
Is it a typo or something else? :)

DriesK’s picture

DriesK commented

The values in the weight lists are not always the same. For example, for blocks and terms, the available weights range from -10 to 10, but for example for book pages they range from -15 to 15. There are a lot more elements than just blocks that use weights.

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Wai_Wai commented

Thanks for your correction. :D