# Flex container with wrapped children: re-ordering **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition Early Access\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [May 3, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/flex-container-with-wrapped-children-re-ordering/73216 "2023-05-03T17:32:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gdube](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/gdube/32/41701_2.png) [@gdube](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gdube)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/flex-container-with-wrapped-children-re-ordering/73216/1 "2023-05-03T17:32:07Z")
I'm often struggling to re-order items that are wrapped within a flex container. The "move backward/forward relative to ..." buttons don't help, they simply act like the "move to the back/front" buttons. Is it on the roadmap to improve the situation with wrap? Now I work around it by using one flex container per row/column instead of using the "wrap" feature. ---
**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/flex-container-with-wrapped-children-re-ordering/73216/2 "2023-05-03T19:18:13Z")
Cut and paste works. ![Flex container reorder](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/2/2/22791d9d6967d676a69804050aa761ca6f61da29.gif) ---
**Author:** ![gdube](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/gdube/32/41701_2.png) [@gdube](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gdube)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/flex-container-with-wrapped-children-re-ordering/73216/3 "2023-05-03T22:30:17Z")
Cut & paste merely puts the pasted item at the end of the container. I'm talking about something like so, and then trying to move eg. flexSKU after flexNumero. It's near impossible. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/e/b/eb7f8cde6eefe35be9d2b6dbb5bb5ec93df0ceb5.png) ---
**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 10:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/flex-container-with-wrapped-children-re-ordering/73216/4 "2023-05-03T22:39:36Z")
flexSKU is already after flexNumero. Can you be more clear? ---
**Author:** ![gdube](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/gdube/32/41701_2.png) [@gdube](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gdube)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/flex-container-with-wrapped-children-re-ordering/73216/5 "2023-05-03T23:24:27Z")
oh you’re right! Then let’s say you’re trying to switch flexEngUnit with flexSKU. When dragging one or the other, the dragged item will spaz out. ---
**Author:** ![craigb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@craigb](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/craigb)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/flex-container-with-wrapped-children-re-ordering/73216/6 "2023-05-03T23:31:36Z")
When I do stuff similar to this, I put a column container inside the flex container. Makes it easier then to resize things based on devices as you change the layout for small, med and large. ---
**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/flex-container-with-wrapped-children-re-ordering/73216/7 "2023-05-04T01:17:45Z")
![Flex container reorder](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/8/e/8e7cf6680fe5c1bf9303444690b50669d0d130dd.gif) ---
**Author:** ![gdube](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/gdube/32/41701_2.png) [@gdube](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/gdube)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/flex-container-with-wrapped-children-re-ordering/73216/8 "2023-05-04T12:34:29Z")
@Transistor Ah I understand now. Nice trick, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![FX3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b782af/32.png) [@FX3](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/FX3)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/flex-container-with-wrapped-children-re-ordering/73216/9 "2024-05-02T19:04:26Z")
> [@gdube](#): > > The "move backward/forward relative to ..." buttons don't help, they simply act like the "move to the back/front" buttons. Is this not a bug? Is Z-height not reflected in the order items appear in the left tree?