{{Third-party pluginaddon}}[[File:BirthOrderSortChildrenInBirthOrderTool-addon-example-60.png|thumb|right|450px|Sort Children in Birth order - Tool - example window]]The {{man label|Sort Children in Birth order}} tool searches your database family tree for families that have children which are not listed in the order of their births and assists in ordering them. Allows bulk updates of the children order. 

* At this point When the scan is complete the results will be shown in the tool {{man label|[[#Sort_Children_in_Birth_order_dialog|Sort Children in Birth order]]}} window dialog. ===Sort Children in Birth order dialog===The {{man label|Sort Children in Birth order}} window with dialog shows three main panes and some buttons should be visible.** ====top pane====The top pane will contain a list of the results of the search.  If nothing appears here, then none of your families have unsorted children.  * '''{{man menu|Selecting a family from this list updates the data in both the lower panes. }}''' It is also possible to sort this list for <code>Family ID</code>, <code>Father</code>, or <code>Mother</code>, using the header of the list.** ====Current sort pane====The {{man label|Current Sortsort}} pane (lower left side) will show the original unmodified list of children with their birth dates, if any. This cannot be changed.*====Proposed sort pane====* The {{man label|Proposed Sortsort}} pane (lower right side) will show the proposed changes to the children sortfor the Selected family in the top pane results. If the user wants to make additional changes, they can be made directly in the Proposed sort pane. Adjusting the sort manually can be done by selecting a child and using either the {{man button|Up}} or {{man button|Down}} buttons below the pane. When you are satisfied with the changes, if any, you can use the {{man button|Accept}} button to save the proposed sort order to the database.

** The {{man button|Accept All *}} button will accept all the families that have a '<code>*</code>' (Asterisk) next to them. In these families all the children have valid birth dates so that sorting can be done unambiguously. When this button is used, a progress bar appears so that with large databases Gramps doesn't seem to be frozen.

* The {{man button|Help}} button will bring up show this page.

===Some Notes===

* When changes are accepted, they appear in the 'Undo' list {{man menu|Edit -> Undo History...}} where they can be undone. They can also be undone individually via {{man menu|Edit -> Undo}}. Changes from the {{man button|Accept}} button are listed individually as ''Edit Family'', those from the {{man button|Accept All}} or {{man button|Accept All *}} buttons are listed as ''Edit families'' in the undo list.

[[Gramps_5.1_Wiki_Manual_Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_FAQ#How_do_I_change_the_order_of_children.3F|How do I change the order of children?]]Use:* The Family Editor Use the [[Gramps_5.1_Wiki_Manual_Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_1#Children|Children]] tab in the Family Editor to change the order of children in the active family.* This Use this third -party addon {{man label|[[Addon:BirthOrderTool|Sort Children in Birth Order Toolorder]] }} tool which allows bulk updates of the children order. See also:* This [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Gramplets#Children|Children]] gramplet in the [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Categories#People_Category|People Category]] views displays all children from '''all marriages''' for the active person. Children are displayed as ordered in the family record(s).