Table of contents changes the order of items on the same page

[Flaxx]

Hi, probably I'm wrong here, but my question might have to do with layout as well - somehow. 
If not, please move it to the right place.

First: Scribus 1.6.2 is installed on Windows 11 Pro, as well on Linux Mint 22 Cinnamon (dual boot), and portable on USB.

I'm quite comfortable with the usual way how to create tables of contents. I'm doing the layout of a club-internal monthly newspaper (usually 20 to 28 pages), where one chapter allows member groups announcing their meetings and the planned topics on a couple of pages. As these are mostly short paragraphs it usually happens, that more than one (up to four) are published on a single page - all in the same way. The order likely changes from month to month.

The leftmost frame, with the title of each group, is usually marked by unchanged attributes as the one appearing in the TOC. The right one has the content.

After generating the TOC it often happens that the top-down order of those articles appears random. This means, that the third article on a page might stands on top, followed by the second one, and so far.

As I didn't find a way to force the correct sequence, I always have to change the order manually.

My question: What is the parameter, that Scribus is looking for? It doesn't seems to be the internal frame number nor an alphabetical order.

[utnik]

hi flaxx

...it often happens that the top-down order of those articles appears random...

...What is the parameter, that Scribus is looking for? It doesn't seems to be the internal frame number nor an alphabetical order.

it should be the level of the frames. (it's the order in which you've created the frames in the first place. but you may change it in 'preferences' → 'x,y,z' → 'level'...)

utnik

[Flaxx]

hi flaxx

...it often happens that the top-down order of those articles appears random...

...What is the parameter, that Scribus is looking for? It doesn't seems to be the internal frame number nor an alphabetical order.

it should be the level of the frames. (it's the order in which you've created the frames in the first place. but you may change it in 'preferences' → 'x,y,z' → 'level'...)

utnik

Thanks, this seems promising and I'm a bit upset about my own blindness. I've just tried it and it works.