Idea Delivered Partially

Order the order of shown Component Templates

In Classic the component templates are shown in alphabetical order, when adding a component with multiple CT's to a page, not optimal, but understandable. In ES however, the order is based on creation date or ID, which results in a random looking order. It would be great if the order can be arranged. We don't use the None CT, but this one is always on top. We could then place it at the bottom. And also would order the CT's based on most used.

Dropdown menu showing a list of component templates in Tridion Sites, with 'None' selected at the top and other templates listed below, such as 'Ankeiler block - icon' and 'Apps showcase'.

Vanessa Rijkens
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  • Nice idea. At the minimum the Component Template ordering should match the Classic UI. Consider reaching out to Support to see if this could be addressed and fixed as a bug. I recall at least one other list being fixed that was showing out of order.

    In terms of an enhancement, is custom ordering something that makes sense to you at a Schema level or per individual user?

    Also, the "None" Component Template option is part of the data publishing feature. Your team could consider disabling this if it's not used at all. See related idea and comments:
    Disable 'Add' button for the Component Template option of 'None' when you disable template-less publishing on the schema

  • in reply to Alvin Reyes

    Yes, the ordering of component templates is alphabetic in 10.1 and also in 10.0 if you apply hotfix DXUI_10.0.0.38967 or later.

    As you point out, setting the TRIDION_SITES_DATAPIPELINE_DISABLED environment variable to true will hide the None option (selecting a component template becomes mandatory).

    We don't support custom ordering, but it is possible to limit the component templates shown in the drop down using region constraints.

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  • in reply to Alvin Reyes

    Yes, the ordering of component templates is alphabetic in 10.1 and also in 10.0 if you apply hotfix DXUI_10.0.0.38967 or later.

    As you point out, setting the TRIDION_SITES_DATAPIPELINE_DISABLED environment variable to true will hide the None option (selecting a component template becomes mandatory).

    We don't support custom ordering, but it is possible to limit the component templates shown in the drop down using region constraints.

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