[Zope] How to use OrderedFolder

[Jim Washington]

Eugene Morozov wrote:

>On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 01:50:53AM +0200, Dieter Maurer wrote:
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>>Eugene Morozov wrote at 2003-7-24 17:48 +0400:
>> > I've install zope 2.7 which comes with OrderedFolder by default, but I
>> > can't understand how to use it. It doesn't have neither help nor
>> > readme file and looks just like ordinary folder. How do I order items
>> > in such folder?
>>
>>When I remember right (--> "mailing list archive"),
>>you must enable order support. This may be possible via
>>a property of the folder (I am not sure about this, though;
>>search the archive, for details).
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>>
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>Well, I didn't found anything like that in the mailing list
>archive. All I found was questions how to convert ordinary folder to
>the ordered folder and stuff like that. It seems that many people are
>using OrderedFolder and reading this list. Please, explain me how to
>use it. I don't have any additional buttons for reordering content in
>the ZMI for the OrderedFolder. It looks just like ordinary folder.
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>
I was amused by this, too.

In a folder (Ordered), once you have items to order or reorder, the 
buttons appear.  It's perhaps too smart that way.

0 items: no special buttons
1 item:  no special buttons
2 or more items: buttons for reordering at the bottom of the page (and 
well designed, too!)

-- Jim Washington