Add Idea for the wagtail fix

server/core/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/listing/_list.html

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
                 {% elif show_bulk_actions %}
                     {% include "wagtailadmin/bulk_actions/listing_checkbox_cell.html" with obj_type="page" obj=page aria_labelledby_prefix="page_" aria_labelledby=page.pk|unlocalize aria_labelledby_suffix="_title" %}
                 {% endif %}
+
                 <td id="page_{{ page.pk|unlocalize }}_title" class="title" valign="top" data-listing-page-title>
 
                     {% block page_title %}

server/core/wagtail_patch.py

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
+from django.http import HttpResponse
+from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
+from wagtail.models import Page
+
+
+
+def set_page_position(request, page_to_move_id):
+    page_to_move = get_object_or_404(Page, id=page_to_move_id)
+    parent_page = page_to_move.get_parent()
+    if not parent_page.permissions_for_user(request.user).can_reorder_children():
+        raise PermissionDenied
+    if request.method == "POST":
+        # Get position parameter
+        visible_target_position = request.GET.get("position", None)
+        # Get position within all children, the frontend does not count the unpublished pages
+        if visible_target_position is not None:
+            visible_target_position = int(visible_target_position)
+            position = list(parent_page.get_children()).index(
+                get_visible_children(parent_page)[visible_target_position])
+            print(f"Visible target position: {visible_target_position} -> {position}")
+        # Find page that's already in this position
+        position_page = None
+        if position is not None:
+            # position = int(position) + 1
+            try:
+                position_page = parent_page.get_children()[int(position)]
+            except IndexError:
+                pass  # No page in this position
+        # Move page
+        # any invalid moves *should* be caught by the permission check above,
+        # so don't bother to catch InvalidMoveToDescendant
+        if position_page:
+            # If the page has been moved to the right, insert it to the
+            # right. If left, then left.
+            old_position = list(parent_page.get_children()).index(page_to_move)
+            if int(position) < old_position:
+                page_to_move.move(position_page, pos="left", user=request.user)
+            elif int(position) > old_position:
+                page_to_move.move(position_page, pos="right", user=request.user)
+            print(f"Moved {old_position} to {position}")
+        else:
+            # Move page to end
+            page_to_move.move(parent_page, pos="last-child", user=request.user)
+    return HttpResponse("")
+
+
+def get_visible_children(parent_page):
+    visible_children = parent_page.get_children().exclude(has_unpublished_changes=True)
+    print_children(visible_children)
+    return visible_children
+
+
+def print_children(children, level=0):
+    for ii, sibling in enumerate(children):
+        print(ii, sibling.has_unpublished_changes, sibling)