By lionheart8 on

Hi
A preliminary search of the forum posts did not lead me to what I needed.

While working on a site and editing blocks, I noted that the "Weights" column was appearing as the page was loading, but as soon as it was fully loaded, it disappeared. So there's no way of setting the locations of the different blocks. I have no idea what triggered it as i did not have it before.
I at first thought it was related to some theme, but when I tried others, it did not help.

What could be the problem & how does one solve it?
I have the latest modules & themes available.

Thanks

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lionheart8’s picture

lionheart8 commented

the problem is not limited to blocks, but apparently to menu administration & as things appear not only there! :(

TapocoL’s picture

TapocoL commented

Drupal 6 implemented a drag and drop feature to override the weight select boxes. With JavaScript enabled, you can just drag and drop blocks to the appropriate region and place it above and below other blocks in the region. This sets weights for you, so all you have to do is drag and drop.

If you do not like this feature, you can turn off JavaScript and then the weight boxes should appear.

-Craig Jackson
-Web Developer

lionheart8’s picture

lionheart8 commented

Alright, thanks for the clarification. :)

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decomposer commented

You would not believe how many hours and searches it took to find this information. Since I use Firefox and script approval, I just turn off scripting on my drupal site and, blam, the easier way to set weights. I had a profile that required more than 21 weights.

And drag and drop changes the weights where the alphabetic order becomes important.

So, now I can order everything without having to wait for a field edit page to load!

GREAT!