Leaf Ordering Rules

In-order to reorder Leafs, you must follow specific rules.

  • Reordering is case-insensitive.
  • Values starting with numerals are placed before values starting with letters.
  • If two leafs have the same value for the field on which the leafs are reordered, the leaf created earlier is placed first.
  • Reordering leafs in folders and subfolders keeps each leaf in the same folder or subfolder.
  • Reordering leafs in a folder containing subfolders places leafs that are on the same level as subfolders after those subfolders. This happens whether or not you reorder leafs in the subfolders.

Example: Reordering leafs in folders and subfolders

Folder 1
        Folder 2
                Leaf 3
                Leaf 1
                Leaf 2
        Leaf b
        Leaf d
        Leaf c
        Leaf a
Folder 1    
        Folder 2
                Leaf 1
                Leaf 2
                Leaf 3
        Leaf a
        Leaf b
        Leaf c
        Leaf d

Example: Reordering leafs in folders but not in subfolders

Folder 1
        Leaf d
        Folder 2
        Folder 1
        Leaf c
        Leaf a
        Leaf b
Folder 1
        Folder 2
        Folder 1
        Leaf a
        Leaf b
        Leaf c
        Leaf d
  • Reordering keeps each publishing element, such as a volume and or TOC, with the same leaf.
  • Reordering does not change the positions of non-leaf nodes that are in the folder containing the leafs. Reordering places the leafs after non-leaf nodes.

Example:

Folder 1
        Doc 4
        Leaf c
        Placeholder i
        Doc 1
        Folder 1.1
        Leaf a
Folder 1
        Doc 4
        Placeholder i
        Doc 1
        Folder 1.1
        Leaf a
        Leaf c
  • If Include Lifecycle Items is set to Yes, reordering leafs in a folder containing lifecycled leafs reorders all leafs in the folder.

Example: Sequence 0001 tree

Folder 1
        Leaf 4 (0000, NEW)
        Leaf 2 (0001, REPLACE)
        Leaf 1 (0001, NEW)
        Leaf 5 (0000, NEW)
                Leaf 3 (0001, APPEND)
Folder 1
        Leaf 1 (0000, NEW)
        Leaf 2 (0001, REPLACE)
        Leaf 4 (0000, NEW)
        Leaf 5 (0000, NEW)
                Leaf 3 (0001, APPEND)

Example: Sequence 0001 tree

Folder 1
        Leaf 4 (0000, NEW)
        Leaf 2 (0001, REPLACE)
        Leaf 1 (0001, NEW)
        Leaf 5 (0000, NEW)
                Leaf 3 (0001, APPEND)
Folder 1
        Leaf 4 (0000, NEW)
        Leaf 5 (0000, NEW)
                Leaf 3 (0001, APPEND)
        Leaf 1 (0001, NEW)
        Leaf 2 (0001, REPLACE)
  • Reordering a folder containing leafs and documents directly under the folder places the reordered leafs before the reordered documents.