Is it possible to control the order the regions are shown in the back end?

They are ordered by the order they are declared on the page.

In Perch Runway, you can click on the column title/region name in admin to sort alphabetically.

Having said that, I'm not sure whether using perch_content_create would give you more control over the order they appear. I've not tested this. See https://docs.grabaperch.com/fu…ent/perch-content-create/

Convert them to blocks?

Thanks guys. I guess it’s a no.

Blocks are useful however sometimes we want to slot a piece of content into an existing page template in an exact position (after a site has been built), and then have the region appear in the same semantic position in the admin area for existing pages (not just new ones).

Perch doesn’t just add them to the end either. They appear to feature roughly but not exactly where we want. For example I tried to insert one at the start and it appeared second?!

Maybe I need to double check one wasn’t declared anywhere above.

Bizarrely adding a region at the end as well as the one in the middle or at the start kicks all the other regions into perfect order.

You just end up with a region at the end you don’t want.

What about using `perch_content_create` in the header of your template page in the order you want them to appear in the admin page. And then control whether they are required on particular pages using page attributes. Could that work?

That’s how I’m creating the regions using master templates. For new pages it’s fine they appear in the order they are declared. What I’m trying to do is slot one into a specific place in an existing master page.