Make a copy is adding photo to end of gallery instead of right beside original

WinsomeWorks

For awhile I thought that "Make a Copy" wasn't working at all. Now I've figured out that it's working; it's just adding the copied image to the end of the gallery rather than after it like it should. In the past, it often added the copy just before the original, which is a bit counter-intuitive too, and often got me confused. But this is worse, because now you have to page all the way to the back of your gallery & find the photo in order to do anything with it. I'm hoping it can get fixed so that "Make a Copy" will add the copied photo right after the original, the way people will expect it to show up. Thanks!

jfriend

Doesn't it depend upon the sort order for the gallery? Sorted by date taken and they'll be right next to each other. Sorted by upload and the new one probably goes at the end.

WinsomeWorks

jfriend wrote: »

Doesn't it depend upon the sort order for the gallery? Sorted by date taken and they'll be right next to each other. Sorted by upload and the new one probably goes at the end.

I've never seen that matter at all. I've had all kinds of sort orders over the years, and whenever I've made copies, which has been frequent, they were always visible just before the original. Also, the galleries I just was working on were sorted by date taken, because it was archives.

jfriend

WinsomeWorks wrote: »

I've never seen that matter at all. I've had all kinds of sort orders over the years, and whenever I've made copies, which has been frequent, they were always visible just before the original. Also, the galleries I just was working on were sorted by date taken, because it was archives.

Then, it sounds like a bug to me. If it's auto-sorted by date taken, the two should be right next to each other.

Andy

WinsomeWorks wrote: »

I've never seen that matter at all. I've had all kinds of sort orders over the years, and whenever I've made copies, which has been frequent, they were always visible just before the original. Also, the galleries I just was working on were sorted by date taken, because it was archives.

Anna Lisa, I want to help. In order to do so, I really need the gallery link please. Thank you .

Andy

I have a test gallery, it is set to sort by date taken, descending (most recent photo is in #1 spot). I click make a copy, and that copy shows up right next to that photo.

MSkaffari

I just tested on my test site and the sort order for the gallery does have an affect. Here are the findings;

Sort order -> where copies are placed
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None, ascending -> at the end of the gallery
None, descending -> at the beginning of the gallery

By caption, ascending -> before the original
By caption, descending -> after the original

By filename, ascending -> before the original
By filename, descending -> after the original

By date uploaded, ascending -> at the end of the gallery
By date uploaded, descending -> at the beginning of the gallery

By date modified, ascending -> before the original
By date modified, descending -> after original

By date taken, ascending -> before original
By date taken, descending -> after original
========================

WinsomeWorks

copies going to end of gallery -- some samples

Andy wrote: »

I have a test gallery, it is set to sort by date taken, descending (most recent photo is in #1 spot). I click make a copy, and that copy shows up right next to that photo.

Please don't worry about this on the holiday weekend; this is not something that has any urgency at all. I only noticed it's changed to what I would deem a less-handy behavior, so I'm more interested in the long-run. But anyway, I just realized when folks were talking about sort order, etc., they're probably talking about the auto-sort function that can be set in "Gallery Settings". I never use that function. I arrange manually, and also sometimes use the "Arrange Photos" tool, setting that to "Date Taken", which doesn't, to my knowledge, apply to additions to the gallery. I have to go back into the tool if I want to arrange new additions. But my copies in all my galleries have normally gone beside the original, as witnessed by the fact that I assumed no copy had been made when it didn't appear as usual!

Anyway, in answer to your question about needing a sample gallery, Andy, I couldn't even remember which one I'd copied from my archives. But I've made a number of copies in various galleries since, and have not found even one in which my copy went beside the original. All the copies I made went to the end of the gallery. So here are some of those examples. I've left the copies there for now. I copied this photo: http://www.winsomeworks.com/Nature/Seaside-Closeup-Favorites/10007920_pDL6m#645621323_yDeef & you'll see it again at the end of that gallery. Same with this one: http://www.winsomeworks.com/Nature/Trees/2725779_7MrHy#430095635_2JgD8 Same with this one: http://www.winsomeworks.com/Flowers/Star-Magnolia-stellata-Tree/11626564_sa5h9#1226723808_67Bi5 I believe these are all manually arranged galleries, although in the last one, I probably arranged it by "Date Taken" with the "Arrange Photos" tool before I manually arranged them within the gallery.

Andy

Anna Lisa, we NEVER CLOSE - we're open 365 days a year, nights weekends and all holidays

I just looked at your gallery. You're set to "none, ascending" as Miikka says in the post above. So the tool is working as we expect.