Category block order

[cymplecy]

I'm trying to re-order the blocks in my OpenSCAD category by directly editing the project xml.

I'm able to do this but it seems that just rearranging block definitions isn't sufficient / wrong way to do this

Do here is my block order

And here is the start of the blocks definition in the .xml file I'm loading in

As you can see, the cube block is 3rd in .xml but showing up way down the list in Snap!

Can anyone shed any light on this?

[loucheman]

@cymplecy

I've put together a hacked addition to the right-click menu (using a previous @dardoro project) that seems to able to move custom blocks to the top of the list

I've no idea if it's safe to use on a complex real project so use at own risk

https://snap.berkeley.edu/snap/snap.html#present:Username=cymplecy&ProjectName=CustomCommandMenu.moveToTop
[edit2 - now works with command, reporter and predicate custom blocks]

Not working anymore ???

[cymplecy]

Its pain to use it as I can only move things up - so if you make a mistoook you have to start again and move all the blocks

[loucheman]

Not sure what is the best: This block or editing the .xml

[loucheman]

Maybe our friend @dardoro could add a new functionality: Move up / Move down

(That would be amazing!)

[cymplecy]

Actually, I've just been on a little Saturday morning geek online conference and the young 14 year wunderkid has worked out how to just move blocks up 1 (even though they've never seen the Snap! code before and are not a JavaScript programmer!)

So I'm going to modify @dardoro code to add in the ability to just move a block up or down

Might need to grab another cup of coffee

Would still like to know why manipulating the block definitions in the xml doesn't work though

[loucheman]

@cymplecy

So I'm going to modify @dardoro code to add in the ability to just move a block up or down

Share it when it done plz !

[cymplecy]

Here is 1st go using modified @dardoro JavaScript

It has a few peculiarities (as command blocks are treated differently to reporters) but it's easy to workaround

[ego-lay_atman-bay]

I could've sworn custom blocks were made to be ordered alphabetically.

Edit: guess not.

[qw23]

Reorder custom blocks

Loooooooong-wanted feature request here: there should be some way to reorder custom blocks. For comparison with Scratch: In Scratch 2.0, custom blocks were sorted arbitrarily and inconsistently. (Presumably, the custom block "on top" in the workspace would be positioned at the end of the list - the result was that whenever you moved the "define" blocks around, the list would mysteriously rearrange itself.) In Snap!, custom blocks are sorted so that the most recently created ones show up at…

There is a long-outstanding Feature Request to enable users to reorder custom blocks, it was even supported by the High Priest of Snap! himself. The current vote count is 12 (after my endorsement), which already makes it one if the most widely supported FR’s of all (the top outstanding request has received 20 votes, that can’t be too hard to surpass). So, everyone who agrees that being enabled to reorder custom blocks (without hacking) is a good idea: you now know where to cast your vote .

Edit
The vote count is 16 now (and counting).

[cymplecy]

Cosmetic changes (like sorting of variables/blocks) have never made it to the top of the list in the years I've been using Snap!
And I'll wager a whole £5 that they never will

[qw23]

I don’t think there is a category: Snap!-related bets

[yokai]

that would be so useful and helpful lol

[loucheman]

Thank you very much, helpful !

[yokai]

agreed