Can I import a view and its item order into a sequence?

[szaske]

I'm still new to xLights so my apology if this is a dumb question.

I've spent a lot of time getting my layout correct and just imported my first sequence from my old software. I spent a lot of time re-arranging the models in my Master View and I have a lot of items listed in my view.  I'm guessing this view order is saved in the sequence and NOT in my layout is that correct? 

I ask because I've now moved on to my second sequence, imported those effects and my model order was not carried over.  In this 2nd sequence I want to have the same Master View items order as my first sequence.  Is there any easier way to copy this view order from one sequence to another?  I certainly don't want to go through this process for every sequence. When I was re-arranging the 100 or so items in my list xLights would lock up frequently for like 5-10 seconds before coming back to life, making the process painful to finish.  Where does xLights get the view order from anyway?  I suspected that it came from my import mapping file,  but it's not the same order.

[Gilrock]

You can search "master view" and probably find one of my many speeches about it.  The master view for each sequence is "unique".  You need to create a custom view if you want to be able to use it to create new sequences that all use the same model arrangement.

[deplanche]

I know there is a video that shows how to do what Gil just said, but I can't seem to find that for you.  But as he said, make a custom view based on the order that you want to have things in.  Then, when making creating a new sequence, there is wizard that opens... most people click too fast thru that... but one of the screens asks you to select a view.  That is where you can use a view set up to the order you like.