Sort UIGridLayour based on true/false variables

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I’ve been trying to sort a GridLayout putting frames with a “true” variable inside it and “false” ones after, but I couldn’t make it work, since I’ve tried :SortOrder, but it only checks strings numbers or enums… Is there a way to do this?

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Consider converting a boolean to a number
true → 1
false → 0

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Ok now it prints an error: “SortOrder.Custom is deprecated, please switch to LayoutOrder”… ??

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Well, an alternative way of sorting this would be to name the frames 1 or 0 (depending on the boolean) and then the GridLayout should do its magic itself…
(also I’m pretty sure that error is an engine bug)

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Yup it worked with the names thing, thanks!

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That’s not an error, just a warning displayed by the linter. Here’s an alternative approach to the one suggested (uses ‘LayoutOrder’ instead of ‘Name’).

UIListLayout.SortOrder = "LayoutOrder" --Sort objects according to the value of their 'LayoutOrder' property (instead of their 'Name' property).
local Objects = {} --Array of objects.
table.sort(Objects, function(L, R) return L.BoolValue.Value end) --Assume each object contains a 'BoolValue' instance.
for Index, Object in ipairs(Objects) do
	Object.LayoutOrder = Index --Set each object's 'LayoutOrder' property.
end