Magento rearranging blocks not working

Question

I wanted to change the order and placement of some blocks. Placement from header to right have changed from but the order blocks are not working.

Here is my code:

<reference name="header">
    <action method="unsetChild"><name>top.menu</name></action>
    <action method="unsetChild"><name>top.search</name></action>
    <action method="unsetChild"><name>top.links</name></action>
</reference>

<reference name="right">
    <remove name="right.poll" />

    <action method="insert">
        <blockName>top.menu</blockName>
    </action>

    <action method="insert">
        <blockName>top.search</blockName>
    </action>

    <action method="insert">
        <blockName>top.links</blockName>
        <after>top.menu</after> <!-- Here I want top.links to come after top.menuwhich is not working --> 
    </action>
</reference>

@jjm, Placement means changing the position from `header` to `right` which is working. But the order in which I want the block like `top.links` after `top.menu` is not working — mrN, Sep 09 '12 at 08:59
Here's a great answer by Ivan that covers what you are looking for http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4410206/change-order-of-blocks-via-local-xml-file-in-magento — McNab, Sep 09 '12 at 09:16

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 09 '12 at 09:17

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Here, <after> is a boolean, you can't write block name inside it.

<action method="insert">
        <blockName>top.links</blockName>
        <after>top.menu</after> <!-- Here I want top.links to come after top.menuwhich is not working --> 
</action>

Try this instead:

<action method="insert">
        <blockName>top.links</blockName>
        <sublingName>top.menu</sublingName>
        <after>1</after>
</action>

answered Sep 09 '12 at 09:17

Kalpesh

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@mrN sorry what you mean by shortcut? – Kalpesh Sep 09 '12 at 09:36
I mean something like ` – mrN Sep 09 '12 at 10:27

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 09 '12 at 09:41

Another option would be to start from a clean base by

removing the blocks
recreating them

This is what I personnally prefer as, then, the full layout updates are in the local.xml which is then more easy to read and understand for maintenance. This also may avoid conflicts in blocks nesting as my solution proposes to rename them (top.links => right.links, top.search => right.search, top.nav => right.nav). But this is just my opinion based on my experiences :)

From top to right

So here is the local.xml I've successfully tried on a Magento 1.7.0.1

<layout version="0.1.0">
    <default>
        <reference name="header">
            <remove name="top.menu"/>
            <remove name="top.search"/>
            <remove name="top.links"/>
        </reference>

        <reference name="right">

            <block type="core/text_list" name="right.menu" as="topMenu" translate="label" before="-">
                <label>Navigation Bar</label>
                <block type="page/html_topmenu" name="catalog.rightnav" template="page/html/topmenu.phtml"/>
            </block>

            <block type="page/template_links" name="right.links" as="rightLinks" after="right.menu">
                <action method="addLink" translate="label title" module="customer"><label>My Account</label><url helper="customer/getAccountUrl"/><title>My Account</title><prepare/><urlParams/><position>10</position></action>

                <block type="wishlist/links" name="wishlist_link" />
                <action method="addLinkBlock"><blockName>wishlist_link</blockName></action>

                <block type="checkout/links" name="checkout_cart_link">
                    <action method="addCartLink"></action>
                    <action method="addCheckoutLink"></action>
                </block>
            </block>

            <block type="core/template" name="right.search" as="rightSearch" template="catalogsearch/form.mini.phtml" after="right.links"/>

        </reference>
    </default>

    <customer_logged_in>
        <reference name="right.links">
            <action method="addLink" translate="label title" module="customer"><label>Log Out</label><url helper="customer/getLogoutUrl"/><title>Log Out</title><prepare/><urlParams/><position>100</position></action>
        </reference>
    </customer_logged_in>

    <customer_logged_out>
        <reference name="right.links">
            <action method="addLink" translate="label title" module="customer"><label>Log In</label><url helper="customer/getLoginUrl"/><title>Log In</title><prepare/><urlParams/><position>100</position></action>
        </reference>
    </customer_logged_out>
</layout>

Magento rearranging blocks not working

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