Adding new page to top of list of existing pages

[rsi]

I'm pretty sure there is a simple way to configure PW to add new pages to the top of the list of already existing pages instead of the bottom - I simply can't find how and where to change the default setting.
Thank you for your help!

[bernhard]

You can define the sort settings for children in the parent's settings family tab. There you can select "created" and "reverse sort order"

[rsi]

Oh, I see. I'll give it a try..
I thought this option would take away the manual sorting option.
Thank you!

[bernhard]

Yes, it does. You didn't say anything about manual sorting ? See here 

 and for some background here: 

 

[Robin S]

@rsi you can use $pages->sort() to set the sort value of the new page to zero after it is added, and that will make it appear at the top of its siblings but still be manually sortable.

In /site/ready.php:

$pages->addHookAfter('added', function(HookEvent $event) {
	$pages = $event->object;
	// The page that is being added
	$page = $event->arguments(0);
	// If the page passes some kind of test
	if($page->template == 'news_item') {
		// Set the sort value for the new page to zero (sibling sort will be automatically adjusted)
		$pages->sort($page, 0);
	}
});

 

[rsi]

Oh - WOW - Just as expected with processwire - there's a ton of options to get what I want!!
Thank you