Changing the default ordering of Keywords in a dropdownlist

Question

I have a category "Year" in Tridion and it has keyword values listed 1900s-2012. I am trying to access the category in a component via a dropdownlist. The problem is, I am seeing values in dropdownlist in ascending order 1900s-2012. And user has to scroll all the way down to select the current year - 2012. Is there a way I can reorder keyword values in the category so users see the current year first. I have searched quite a bit, but found no answer on the web or in documentation.

Is it possible to specify the ordering in any dropdownlist created from a category used in a component or at the schema level?

Answer 1

There is no way to specify the order for a dropdown list without creating an eXtension (should be easy using jQuery).

What you could do is set the default value of the field to "2012" and that way the user has the current year selected and if they need to change to a previous year, they'll scroll up.