I wanted to change the default display of 25 records in "Orders Maintenance" to, say 100. It would also help if my despatch desk could specify how many they want to view depending upon order levels
 
I have changed admin/admin_orders.php : Line 336 - $records_per_page = 100; with help from Ned.
 
BUT - with a busy shop my distribution desk needs to be able to work the number orders that suit them - and I may have a different need when sorting accounts.
 
It is sexy to focus on improving the customer interface but a business must also have an effectively usable admin area. Clearly this would be much improved with a selection box on the Orders Maintenance to allow a user to specify the number of records per page -
Show [xxxx] records per page.
I can't allow my packer to change the php code
 
Chris

lol. this is true. we dont' want out indians having access to remove the chiefs

Any idea how to do this in 3.4.5? Trying to find $records_per_page anywhere in /admin and not finding it anymore

it's within a file, not the name of the file. I'm not sure which on it's in however.

admin/admin_orders.php : Line 336 - $records_per_page = 100

It is line 349 in 3.4.5

Like Chris said... we should be able to type in a number to default it to, and then select an option to display different upon request if we want...

The same goes for:
Administration > Products > Top > 'Category' > 'product' > Edit Categories
If you have a lot of categories it would save constant scrolling on every product set up. A small point but a nuisance when to have spent a morning adding products