How do you order topics within the Project Manager?

Hi all,
I notice that the workflow in RH is that first you use the
Project Manager (PM) to build a sort of structured topic database,
and then you use the database to generate a TOC.
Ok, so far so good, but the immediate little issue I am
having is that I see that the PM arranges my topics within each
folder in alphabetical order. Since, by default, the TOC is
generated with the topics in this default order, I would like to
change the order in which the topics are arranged within the PM. I
don't seem to find any way to do this. I can't drag and there are
no Move buttons for this pod. What am I missing?
TIA
- avi

Hi Avi
You aren't missing anything. That's the way it works with the
Project Manager Pod. It simply lists your topic files in
alphabetical order.
For starters, I would never recommend that anyone always
automatically create the TOC. I might suggest using that only as a
first step in building a TOC. After it has been built initially,
any added or amended topics would then be manually added and
rearranged by you after the changes have been made.
Unless you are happy with things that way (and I assume you
aren't as you are posting to ask how to make it different) you will
find yourself constantly frustrated. Note that if you auto create
the TOC, you get ALL topics inside. And in many help files there
are topics that never see the light of day in the TOC structure.
All that aside, I do see a great many folks that want to have
an ability to arrange topics in their Project Manager pod as they
want. For you and anyone else that wants this, you should consider
submitting a Wish Form to ask for the feature.
Click
here to view the WishForm/Bug Reporting Form
Cheers... Rick

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