Re-arrange sheet layouts/tabs

[CADtech101]

I have tried to "drag & drop / re-arrange" the layout tabs at the bottom. It only shows a red stop sign icon. My "LOCKUI" is set to zero. I dont know anywhere else that may be locking these tabs and not letting me re-arrange them. Would anyone have another suggestion.

[SLW210]

Has it ever worked?

 

Any recent updates to AutoCAD and/or the OS?

 

You might try creating a new profile.

 

You may need to try a reset to defaults, repair or reinstall.

[BIGAL]

You can via lisp rearrange the layouts order, the only issue I see is if you have say like I did 88 layouts how you work out the order. 

 

This is one example. Moves current tab.

(defun C:Mtab ( / lay num)

(setq num (getint "\nEnter tab number"))

(setq curtab (getvar "ctab")) 

(vlax-for lay (vla-get-Layouts (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object)))
  (if (= curtab (vla-get-name lay))
    (vla-put-taborder lay num)
  ) ; if
) ; for
(princ)
) ; defun

(c:mtab)

If there alphabetical etc you can reorder using a lisp.  

You could build a dcl list and some how rearrange the order, then update. I know if you have less than 20 can make a dcl with a number that you set.

Edited February 13 by BIGAL