Files section: manual sort appears to save in secondary language, but doesn’t persist

The CMS Questions
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Kirby version: 5.4.4
Setup: bilingual site with a files section (manual sorting enabled)

When I change the order of files in a files section while editing in a secondary language, the Panel behaves as if the change was saved:

  • The section immediately shows the new order.
  • The new order is still shown after switching back to the default language.
  • I get a success notification (bottom right).

The Panel-UI suggests a successful save, but in fact this is not the case: checking the .txt of the files in question, the Sort: key remains unchanged. In effect, the change is lost on Panel reload (and of course doesn’t show on the actual website).

This is confusing for editors, because the UI suggests a successful save; especially since other editorial changes in secondary languages work as expected.

Expected behaviour would be either:

  • The new sort order should be saved in secondary languages, too (file order is shared across languages anyway)
  • or sorting should not be possible in secondary languages (with clear feedback that it only works in the default language).

Is there any option I can set in the blueprints?

2

None that I’m aware of.

There is no extra sorting per language, that’s why the sorting is only stored in the default language. But I would have expected that if you sort in a secondary language, that in this particular case the default language sorting should be updated, or sorting prevented, right.

3

That’s right, but neither is the case. The sorting isn’t updated when it’s changed in the secondary language—but the UI suggests that it has been changed. I think it’s more of an UX issue then, right?

4

Sounds like a bug, sorting should in that case be disabled in the secondary languages.

5

I’ll file an issue on GitHub then.

Update: Files section: manual sort appears to save in secondary language, but doesn’t persist · Issue #8212 · getkirby/kirby · GitHub