Multiple Context block order / weight

Question

I have 2 Contexts set up that each place a block in the same region.

There are times when both these contexts will happen at the same time and as such both blocks appear together.

Currently when both appear they are not in the order I require, is there a way of weighting these across contexts? I know the weighting works within a context however this is not what I need at this point.

Currently using: Drupal 6.22, Context 6.x-3.0

UPDATE:

Hi All,

This post appears to get quite of interest but I'm afraid I don't use Drupal anymore or have any time (or sites) to check these answers. If any answer gets enough interest and appear to be right then I'll happily mark it correct but I can't actually verify anything.

Answer 1

This patch worked for me. Enable the patch at admin/build/context/settings.

There is a lot that gets discussed after that comment and one contributor even created a module. I haven't read much of the other comments, implemented the module nor any of the patches posted after the one I referred to above.

Answer 2

There's still no definitive solution for this problem, you might have a look at Block weights when multiple contexts are set or maybe context_respect. You can also have a look at Way to Weight Blocks that Show From Multiple Contexts for some background information.

One work-around is to export all your context to code (using features) and edit the weight inside the created code files, the only problem is that if you re-export your feature, your manual changes will be reverted. We use this approach for the moment because it fits in our workflow.

Answer 3

The weight context assign to a block is a number, that will effect the position of all the blocks that any context will add to any region. There isn't an UI to tweak these weights to mix blocks from several contexts, but there is a way around it.

The easiest solution I could find, was to run some custom JavaScript in a browser console:

 $(".form-item").show()

This will show all the weights that control the sorting. Tweaking these would allow you to sort the blocks like you want.

Answer 4

You can edit (carefully) the serialised values in the context table through phpMyAdmin. This has to be done again every time the context is edited through the UI. But it's not a bad solution which avoids the overhead of installing extra modules to solve this.