How to re-order windows, change the scroll shortcut, and modify the status bar contents in GNU Screen?

Solution 1:

You can renumber the current window with ctrl+a :number x where x is a numeric argument.

You can rename the current window with ctrl+a A

Solution 2:

You can move windows up and down with this:

ctrl+a :windowlist then . (dot)-down and , (comma)-up

or

ctrl+a " then . (dot)-down and , (comma)-up

(From here.)