Discussion Forum - Change order of fields?

Question

The Team Site template provides a default Team Discussion link. The New Discussion screen has Subject and Body input fields by default.

Using the Discussion Board Settings, I was able to create a new input list called "Category". While creating a new discussion entry, my screen shows:

Subject - textbox
Body - multiline text
Category - list

I want to arrange this screen/form to display Category list on top. The new screen should look like:

Category - list
Subject - textbox
Body - multiline text

How can I achieve this OOTB?

Answer 1

This ought to be an easy one. If you go to the List Settings, right below that list of columns in the list, you should see a link for 'Column ordering'. Whatever order you put the columns in there will be the order you see them in the forms.

Answer 2

In case the option is not visible, add this link to your browser http://yousite.com/_layouts/formEdt.aspx?List=YourLidtID

Answer 3

I did find a fix....for me, the "Manage Content Types" was turned on by default. When it is turned on, the "Column Ordering" option is not available. Once I turned the "Column Ordering" off, and went to list options, I was able to re-order my discussion board form.