UPDATE: As UTAlan stated, this will become part of the stock functionality of Sugar starting in version 7.5.0: https://web.sugarcrm.com/support/issues/66590
Until then, here is the reason and the solution:
The 'order' => 1
, does not seem to work on Sugar 7 at the moment.
Solution
Copy the file
modules/Opportunities/clients/base/layouts/subpanels/subpanels.php
to
custom/modules/Opportunities/clients/base/layouts/subpanels/subpanels.php
Now, add your custom subpanel definition to the beginning of the array or in any order you desire.
My example looks like this now:
$viewdefs['Opportunities']['base']['layout']['subpanels'] = array(
'components' => array(
// This is my custom module
array(
'layout' => 'subpanel',
'label' => 'LBL_OPPORTUNITIES_FOOBAR_TITLE',
'context' => array(
'link' => 'opportunities_foobar_1',
),
),
.. // Code ommited
array(
'layout' => 'subpanel',
'label' => 'LBL_EMAILS_SUBPANEL_TITLE',
'context' => array (
'link' => 'archived_emails',
),
),
),
'type' => 'subpanels',
'span' => 12,
);
Long Answer:
Why is 'order' => 1 not working anymore?
Inside include/MetaDataManager/MetaDataConverter.php:327
:
public function toLegacySubpanelLayoutDefs(array $layoutDefs, SugarBean $bean) {
..
foreach ($layoutDefs as $order => $def) {
..
$return[$def['context']['link']] = array(
'order' => $order,
..
}
The order that is being rendered in the view is based on which order each bean-name is inserted inside the 'components'-key inside this file:
modules/Opportunities/clients/base/layouts/subpanels/subpanels.php
Core modules are hard-coded inside the subpanel file for Opportunities.