Reorganizing Patterns

By default, the PHP version of Pattern Lab organizes patterns alphabetically when displaying them in the drop-down navigation, pattern sub-type "view all" pages, and the style guide. This may not meet your needs. You can re-order pattern sub-types and patterns by prefixing them with two digit numbers. We'll look at how we can re-organize patterns as an example. Using alphabetical ordering the lists pattern sub-type in atoms looks like:

definition.mustache
ordered.mustache
unordered.mustache

This is also the order they'll show up in the drop-down navigation. Because you rarely need to see the definition list pattern maybe you want to have it show up last in the navigation. To re-order the patterns just add numbers to the beginning:

01-ordered.mustache
02-unordered.mustache
03-definition.mustache

You may want to put some space between the numbers just in case you want to further re-order and not touch the other patterns. For example, a better default ordering might be:

01-ordered.mustache
05-unordered.mustache
10-definition.mustache

The numbers will not show up when Pattern Lab displays the name of the pattern in the drop-down navigation. They're simply a re-ordering mechanism.

Can Pattern Types & Pattern Sub-Types Be Reorganized in the Same Way?

Yes.