Reply To: Flexible Content Fields with local json save out of order

• John Huebner

• May 24, 2019 at 3:07 am

I have figured where the problem is and I have informed E.

I also have a temporary fix, it’s not pretty but it works.

file: advanced-custom-fields-pro/includes/acf-field-group-functions.php
Lines 1032 to 1037 look something like this

// Add field menu_order.
			if( !isset($count[ $field['parent'] ]) ) {
				$count[ $field['parent'] ] = 1;
			} else {
				$count[ $field['parent'] ]++;
			}
			
			// Only add menu order if doesn't already exist.
			// Allows Flexible Content field to set custom order.
			if( empty($field['menu_order']) ) {
				$field['menu_order'] = ($count[ $field['parent'] ] - 1);
			}

replace this code with

// Add field menu_order.
			if (!isset($field['parent_layout'])) {
				if( !isset($count[ $field['parent'] ]) ) {
					$count[ $field['parent'] ] = 1;
				} else {
					$count[ $field['parent'] ]++;
				}
			} else {
				if( !isset($count[ $field['parent_layout'] ]) ) {
					$count[ $field['parent_layout'] ] = 1;
				} else {
					$count[ $field['parent_layout'] ]++;
				}
			}
			
			// Only add menu order if doesn't already exist.
			// Allows Flexible Content field to set custom order
			if (!isset($field['parent_layout'])) {
				if( empty($field['menu_order']) ) {
					$field['menu_order'] = ($count[ $field['parent'] ] - 1);
				}
			} else {
				if( empty($field['menu_order']) ) {
					$field['menu_order'] = ($count[ $field['parent_layout'] ] - 1);
				}
			}