# FR: Sort Group selection drop down list

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fr-sort-group-selection-drop-down-list/56978>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [20 January 2022 15:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fr-sort-group-selection-drop-down-list/56978 "2022-01-20T15:57:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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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:** [20 January 2022 15:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fr-sort-group-selection-drop-down-list/56978/1 "2022-01-20T15:57:06Z")

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Not sure if this has been mentioned, I couldn't see anything. But it cannot just be me that finds this a pain?

As my project has grown this list is getting longer and longer. If I add a new group then I know I can find it at the bottom of the list.

But often I'm changing existing groups to add another button etc. So I have to scroll all the list up and down to find the correct group.

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [20 January 2022 16:10 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fr-sort-group-selection-drop-down-list/56978/2 "2022-01-20T16:10:50Z")

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Which list of groups do you mean?

Is this referring to groups (the core Node-RED feature that groups nodes in the editor), or are you referring to node-red-dashboard groups?

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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:** [20 January 2022 16:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fr-sort-group-selection-drop-down-list/56978/3 "2022-01-20T16:12:13Z")

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I mean selecting a dashboard group from the dropdown, eg in button config etc.

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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:** [20 January 2022 18:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fr-sort-group-selection-drop-down-list/56978/4 "2022-01-20T18:12:12Z")

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This list -

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/7/8/78d11761699f9114ba5eba20c4fd6112149cd0e4.png)

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [20 January 2022 18:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fr-sort-group-selection-drop-down-list/56978/5 "2022-01-20T18:15:27Z")

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This is a dashboard node not core I'm afraid.

I'll move and tag the post so it gets the proper attention.

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [20 January 2022 18:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fr-sort-group-selection-drop-down-list/56978/6 "2022-01-20T18:21:22Z")

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That said, the config node selection UI is provided by the core and has been in long need of an update to make it more useful.

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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:** [20 January 2022 18:22 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fr-sort-group-selection-drop-down-list/56978/7 "2022-01-20T18:22:15Z")

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> [@knolleary](#):
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> the config node selection UI is provided by the core

What he said 😉

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [20 January 2022 18:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fr-sort-group-selection-drop-down-list/56978/8 "2022-01-20T18:31:23Z")

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Indeed - nothing the dashboard can do to influence that order as it's built up by the core config panel code... moving back...

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [20 January 2022 18:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fr-sort-group-selection-drop-down-list/56978/9 "2022-01-20T18:31:50Z")

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Doh. Of course.

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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:** [21 March 2022 18:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/fr-sort-group-selection-drop-down-list/56978/10 "2022-03-21T18:32:50Z")

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