#14 Reordering of elements

[drekbour]

Various items in the install.xml are order specific (e.g. executable and file elements). PackJacket has no support for re-ordering these lists which is intolerable if you have defined a large list and need to add a new item at the beginning.

[Manodasan Wignarajah]

Thank you for your suggestion. We'll try to add this feature if we can in the next version of PackJacket. To confirm what you want: you would like the ability to reorder the list of added executables (like in the panels section) and also have the ability to choose where you would like to add the executable which you are about to add in the list. Please not I just used executable as an example, and we will implement this feature in other elements which we feel will require it.

[drekbour]

REQ A) remove the top buttons and replace with a context menu (Add, Edit, Remove) although this is optional (you could also leave them there or shift them to the side .
REQ B) Add some small buttons at the side for "move up" and "move down"
REQ C) "Add" inserts the item below the selected item or at the end if nothing is selected.
REQ D) tooltips on these things making clear for instance that order is important (cut'n'paste sentences from the IzPack docs!)

IDEAL) Draggable items for re-ordering (there are probably Swing widgets that do this). This would remove the need for (B) providing that documentation (D) was clear.