You can move them to a different parent category, but not (easily) adjust the order in which they appear under that parent category. (or in the "root")
So if you take a category tree like this:
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AAA
- BBB
- CCC
DDD
- EEE
FFFBefore I registered on the forum, I e-mailed about this, and was told that they are always sorted alphabetically, but…
1. That is clearly not true. Plenty of the categories in my tree, are in places they shouldn't be, according to alphabetical order.
2. Above I stated that it isn't possible to easily adjust the order.
Not that it isn't possible
…because I have found that it IS, technically, possibly. By deleting and then re-creates sub-categories (I did this in the Categories Filter-panel. I don't know if the same would work in the Categories-panel), one can get whatever order that one likes.
It is, however, very annoying, tedious, awkward, and cumbersome.
Especially if there are any images with those categories. (as would be the norm)
Edit: I have confirmed that this is true of the Categories-panel as well as the Categories Filter-panel: When adding a subcategory, they will often be placed at the bottom, regardless of alphabetical order. This can be used to sort the categories, in the order one wants them to be …though it is a very tedious method. Simply being able to move them about, as one wants, would be far better. (with the option to sort them alphabetically, perhaps?)
Edit 2: Actually, the new category appears to get places where "New Category" would fit in, alphabetically …but as long as one gives the categories names with, say, an "A" in front of the desired name, and then rename them, to remove the "A", it still works.
