Admin Sortable Icons

Resolved wilcochris
(@wilcochris)

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Does anybody know of a way to get rid of the stupid sortable icons under each checkbox on the lists.

It is shown in the image. It shows on almost every page where there is a list of items. It’s ugly and very annoying.

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Moderator threadi
(@threadi)

7 months, 2 weeks ago

You can certainly hide it with custom CSS. But I’m wondering which lists you mean? In the page or post view, there are sorting options in the table header, but they are never under a checkbox. Can you show us what you see in a larger screenshot?

Thread Starter wilcochris
(@wilcochris)

7 months, 2 weeks ago

I tried to hide it with custom CSS but that doesn’t work.

I used the dev console to check for the CSS used and it gives me this as the class:
check-column ui-sortable-handle
When I add that to the custom CSS and set it as display:none, it has no effect on the admin panel.

It isn’t everywhere that it shows this, but it is more often than not it shows. These all show in the admin panel. There is nothing in the screen options to hide these.

Moderator threadi
(@threadi)

7 months, 2 weeks ago

This isn’t from WordPress; I can’t see it anywhere in my view. I suspect that you are using a plugin that allows you to sort all entries in post types. I’m guessing it’s this one: https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-types-order/

Check your plugins to see if you have this plugin installed. If so, you just need to deactivate it to get rid of these arrows. However, if you actually need it somewhere, you can specify in its settings where the sorting should be displayed and where not.

It could also be another plugin, but that’s what comes to mind right away, as it adds exactly such arrows there.

Thread Starter wilcochris
(@wilcochris)

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Hey, thank you for the response.

You solved the issue. I had totally forgotten I had installed this plugin.

All sorted now. Thank you again.