[MarkFL]

Step 1:

Create a plugin hooked at "admin_usergroup_edit" with the code:

PHP Code:

foreach ($myobj->data['ugp'] AS $grouptitle => $perms)
{
    print_r($grouptitle . '<br>');
}
exit; 


Step 2:

Go to the "Usergroup Manager" and click to edit any of your existing usergroups...at the bottom of the page you will see a list of your existing permission groups...on my local dev site, I get:

dbtech_thankspermissions
rankpermissions
vbpt_permissions
forumpermissions
pmpermissions
calendarpermissions
wolpermissions
adminpermissions
genericpermissions
genericpermissions2
albumpermissions
usercsspermissions
genericoptions
signaturepermissions
visitormessagepermissions
socialgrouppermissions

Step 3:

Go back to the plugin you created in step 1, and arrange the permission groups as you want into an array. In my example code that follows, I have moved the "Admin Permissions" group to the top:

PHP Code:

$myorder = array('adminpermissions', 'dbtech_thankspermissions', 'rankpermissions', 'vbpt_permissions', 'forumpermissions', 'pmpermissions', 'calendarpermissions', 'wolpermissions', 'genericpermissions', 'genericpermissions2', 'albumpermissions', 'usercsspermissions', 'genericoptions', 'signaturepermissions', 'visitormessagepermissions', 'socialgrouppermissions');

$myobj->data['ugp'] = array_merge(array_flip($myorder), $myobj->data['ugp']); 


This will allow you to order the permission groups however you want.