MEL How-To #22

How can I add a control to the top of a UI layout instead of the bottom (as is the default)?

You have two options:

1. Use a formLayout and re-attach the controls as you add each to the layout:

   formLayout myForm;
     text1;
     text2;
     text3;
   
   formLayout -e
     -attachForm     text1    top   4
     -attachControl  text2    top   4  text1
     -attachControl  text3    top   4  text2
       myForm;
   
   // and then..
   
   setParent myForm;
     text4;
   
   formLayout -e
     -attachForm     text4    top   4
     -attachControl  text1    top   4  text4
       myForm;
   

2. Delete all children of the layout and re-add in the desired order:

   columnLayout myColumn;
     text1;
     text2;
     text3;
   
   // and then...
   
   string $children[] = `columnLayout -q -childArray myColumn`;
   for ( $child in $children )
     deleteUI $child;
   
   setParent myColumn;
     text4;
     text1;
     text2;
     text3;