move / reorder UIList items don't work

Question

I'm using the template of UIList in this answer

but the code to move up or down the items in the UIList don't work... do you know the reason?

# ui list item actions
class Uilist_actions(bpy.types.Operator):
    bl_idname = "custom.list_action"
    bl_label = "List Action"

    action = bpy.props.EnumProperty(
        items=(
            ('UP', "Up", ""),
            ('DOWN', "Down", ""),
            ('REMOVE', "Remove", ""),
            ('ADD', "Add", ""),
        )
    )

    def invoke(self, context, event):

        scn = context.scene
        idx = scn.custom_index

        try:
            item = scn.custom[idx]
        except IndexError:
            pass

        else:
            if self.action == 'DOWN' and idx < len(scn.custom) - 1:
                item_next = scn.custom[idx+1].name
                scn.custom_index += 1
                info = 'Item %d selected' % (scn.custom_index + 1)
                self.report({'INFO'}, info)

            elif self.action == 'UP' and idx >= 1:
                item_prev = scn.custom[idx-1].name
                scn.custom_index -= 1
                info = 'Item %d selected' % (scn.custom_index + 1)
                self.report({'INFO'}, info)

            elif self.action == 'REMOVE':
                info = 'Item %s removed from list' % (scn.custom[scn.custom_index].name)
                scn.custom_index -= 1
                self.report({'INFO'}, info)
                scn.custom.remove(idx)

        if self.action == 'ADD':
            item = scn.custom.add()
            item.id = len(scn.custom)
            item.name = get_activeSceneObject() # assign name of selected object
            scn.custom_index = (len(scn.custom)-1)
            info = '%s added to list' % (item.name)
            self.report({'INFO'}, info)

        return {"FINISHED"}

@cmomoney no, any errors. only don't work... only select the previous or next element.. buy don't move anything — yhoyo, Nov 05 '17 at 13:33

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 05 '17 at 16:22

Use CollectionProperty.move()

The code to move the collection property items is missing. scene.custom.move(0, 1) will swap items with indices 0 and 1.

        if self.action == 'DOWN' and idx < len(scn.custom) - 1:
            item_next = scn.custom[idx+1].name
            scn.custom.move(idx, idx + 1)
            scn.custom_index += 1
            info = 'Item %d selected' % (scn.custom_index + 1)
            self.report({'INFO'}, info)

        elif self.action == 'UP' and idx >= 1:
            item_prev = scn.custom[idx-1].name
            scn.custom.move(idx, idx-1)
            scn.custom_index -= 1
            info = 'Item %d selected' % (scn.custom_index + 1)
            self.report({'INFO'}, info)

move / reorder UIList items don't work

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