Not planned Display Order should be set to be default as 10 with increment 10 instead 1

[gogo]

So we can always change the order easily even if we don't change the default value when setting up.

e.g.
It would be very difficult to change the order if all Display Order at set at 1.
item 1 Display order 1
item 2 Display order 1
item 3 Display order 1
item 4 Display order 1
item 5 Display order 1
item 6 Display order 1

If the default Order is 10 with an auto-increment of 10, you'll see how easy it will be for changing orders at a later time.

item 1 Display order 10
item 2 Display order 20
item 3 Display order 30
item 4 Display order 40
item 5 Display order 50
item 6 Display order 60

 

[Lukas W.]

That's quite literally what's happening already if you use the acp sort function anywhere. What area specifically are your referring to?

 

[gogo]

For example, when I add tens of nodes in the forum, all of them are default to 1. Then if I want to reorder them at a later time, I'll have to change a lot of Display order numbers in order to get them sorted as what I wanted.

item 1 Display order 1
item 2 Display order 1
item 3 Display order 1
item 4 Display order 1
item 5 Display order 1
item 6 Display order 1

If I want to move item 6 before item 3, then I'll have to change display order of 4 items.

item 1 Display order 1
item 2 Display order 1
item 3 Display order 3
item 4 Display order 3
item 5 Display order 3
item 6 Display order 2

Or did I miss anything? What is the sort function in acp?

 

[Ozzy47]

Use the sort function and drag/drop them where you want.

 

[gogo]

Use the sort function and drag/drop them where you want.

Oh I must have been blind that I never seen such a sort button after using xenforo for months! It really does a great job. Thanks guys.

 

[Chris D]

Generally the sort function negates the need for this so we probably won't make any changes here.