Allow field order to be specified

[Jason Trahan]

It would be nice to be able to specify what order the built in fields get rendered.

IE

component.order = 1
type.order = 2
priority.order = 3
}}]

[Ryan J Ollos]

Even better if this could include custom fields as well.

[obs]

That's a good idea, I like it.

[anonymous]

would also like this feature

[kuehn@…]

Thumbs up, we'd love that, too. May also co-fix the problem that hidden fields sometimes leave a blank space in the form.

an easier to edit way to configure the order may be:

order = type, component, author, owner, priority, severity

(and what's not in that list gets rendered behind these in the default order)

Thanks for the good and flexible plugin!

[anonymous]

I also think that this is a good idea. My boss don't like that, and I'm the smack boy :P

[Ruth Trevor-Allen]

For people waiting on this, a possible workaround is documented at ​http://taroza[dot]wordpress[dot]com/2009/12/21/arrange-fields-in-trac-tickets/ (sorry, trac-hacks doesn't like wordpress links!) - basically, follow these steps:

• Take a copy of the tile templates/ticket.html (from ​http://trac.edgewall.org/browser/branches/0.12-stable/trac/ticket/templates/ticket.html?format=txt, for example, although it'd be better to use the copy from inside your own zipped source)

• Add the code snippet provided at the above link at the top of that file, changing the line field_types = ["type", "priority", "milestone", "keywords", "cc", "component"] so it contains your fields in the order you require (this can be a mix of custom and in-built fields). Any fields not included in this list will appear at the end of the ticket form.

• Save the file to your project's _template_ directory.

Worked for me. Not an ideal solution, as you'll have to check ticket.html for changes whenever you upgrade Trac, but workable.

[Ryan J Ollos]

Replying to fleeblewidget@gmail.com:

For people waiting on this, a possible workaround is documented at ​http://taroza[dot]wordpress[dot]com/2009/12/21/arrange-fields-in-trac-tickets/ (sorry, trac-hacks doesn't like wordpress links!) - basically, follow these steps:

That link is dead now. Do you have a new location for the blog?

[Ruth Trevor-Allen]

Still works for me. You have to replace every [dot] with an actual '.' character - I couldn't post the comment with a wordpress link in it.

For everybody's convenience, I've made a post on my blog which contains the working link. ​http://fleeblewidget.co.uk/2012/04/rearranging-ticket-fields-in-trac/

[Ryan J Ollos]

Replying to fleeblewidget:

For everybody's convenience, I've made a post on my blog which contains the working link. ​http://fleeblewidget.co.uk/2012/04/rearranging-ticket-fields-in-trac/

Ahh, thank you. I may have noticed the [dot]s had I actually looked before commenting ;)

[massimo.b@…]

Are there any news on this request? Having the order attribute for custom ticket fields it is still not possible to change the order of the builtin fields like type or priority.

[Ryan J Ollos]

This plugin is deprecated in Trac 1.4 and later. See migration tips on BlackMagicTicketTweaksPlugin page.