# Drag & Drop Ordering for Subflows in Palette Sidebar

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/drag-drop-ordering-for-subflows-in-palette-sidebar/99464>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [20 October 2025 23:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/drag-drop-ordering-for-subflows-in-palette-sidebar/99464 "2025-10-20T23:41:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![gdvine](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gdvine/32/101799_2.png) [@gdvine](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/gdvine)\
**Post date:** [20 October 2025 23:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/drag-drop-ordering-for-subflows-in-palette-sidebar/99464/1 "2025-10-20T23:41:50Z")

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**Context:**  
Currently all subflow nodes appear in the sidebar under their configured category (apparently in order of creation), but there is no UI support for re-ordering them.

**Request:**  
Introduce drag-and-drop reordering of subflows.

Options to consider:

- Users drag a subflow entry up/down inside the same category to change its display order.
- Possibly allow dragging a subflow into a different category (though this may be optional or advanced).

**Benefits:**

- Better visual organisation when many subflows exist.
- Improves discoverability and workflow for large automation projects.

**Notes / Considerations:**

- Should respect the subflow’s configured category, so drag-and-drop _within_ a category is minimum viable.
- Support for moving between categories may require UI/UX decisions.
- The change should persist across reloads / deployment sessions.
- I found these 2 threads referencing this issue:  
[Is it possible to order subflows by name on the left rail of the editor](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/is-it-possible-to-order-subflows-by-name-on-the-left-rail-of-the-editor/87116)  
[Rearrange subflows](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/rearrange-subflows/40505)

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**Author:** ![Sean-McG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/sean-mcg/32/54677_2.png) [@Sean-McG](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sean-McG)\
**Post date:** [21 October 2025 00:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/drag-drop-ordering-for-subflows-in-palette-sidebar/99464/2 "2025-10-21T00:55:27Z")

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I would suggest that alphabetical order would be sufficient and much easier to implement.  
As long as there is some known logic to the order then it would not be too hard to find them.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [20 December 2025 00:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/drag-drop-ordering-for-subflows-in-palette-sidebar/99464/3 "2025-12-20T00:55:35Z")

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