[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23387: Adding priority to individual settings via the settings API.

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#23387: Adding priority to individual settings via the settings API.
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 Reporter:  alexmansfield           |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement             |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                  |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General                 |     Version:  3.5
 Severity:  normal                  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch settings-api  |
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Changes (by SergeyBiryukov):

 * version:  trunk => 3.5


Old description:

> Currently there is no way (at least that I could find) to specify the
> order of settings on a settings page (for example, a theme options page).
> Use case: a child theme adding a setting to the parent theme's "Theme
> Options" page has no way of specifying the order in which the new setting
> should be inserted.
>
> I've modified the add_settings_field() function to allow for a priority
> to be set (much like when adding settings to the theme customizer). I
> also added uasort($wp_settings_fields[$page][$section],
> 'compare_priority'); to the do_settings_fields() function, where
> 'compare_priority' is a slightly modified version of the compare function
> used to set the priority of the theme customizer sections.
>
> This patch is loosely related to
> [http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/22487] which adds priority to
> settings sections, but not individual settings.

New description:

 Currently there is no way (at least that I could find) to specify the
 order of settings on a settings page (for example, a theme options page).
 Use case: a child theme adding a setting to the parent theme's "Theme
 Options" page has no way of specifying the order in which the new setting
 should be inserted.

 I've modified the add_settings_field() function to allow for a priority to
 be set (much like when adding settings to the theme customizer). I also
 added uasort($wp_settings_fields[$page][$section], 'compare_priority'); to
 the do_settings_fields() function, where 'compare_priority' is a slightly
 modified version of the compare function used to set the priority of the
 theme customizer sections.

 This patch is loosely related to #22487 which adds priority to settings
 sections, but not individual settings.

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