# Order of nodes within a palette category

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/order-of-nodes-within-a-palette-category/52569>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [22 October 2021 11:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/order-of-nodes-within-a-palette-category/52569 "2021-10-22T11:19:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![chris.willing](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/chris.willing/32/76579_2.png) [@chris.willing](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/chris.willing)\
**Post date:** [22 October 2021 11:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/order-of-nodes-within-a-palette-category/52569/1 "2021-10-22T11:19:01Z")

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I'm developing a number of related nodes which appear in their own category. I'd like to specify the order in which they appear e.g. all input nodes grouped together, all output nodes together; then perhaps alphabetic (or some other ordering) within those groups.

I see that the global settings.js file has a section to set the order of categories themselves in the palette tab but it's not clear how to set the order of nodes within a category. Since nodes in the default categories are not listed alphabetically, I assume that the order they appear has been set somewhere.

Does anyone know how to do that?

Thanks for any pointers,  
chris

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**Author:** ![hardillb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/hardillb/32/12373_2.png) [@hardillb](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/hardillb)\
**Post date:** [22 October 2021 16:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/order-of-nodes-within-a-palette-category/52569/2 "2021-10-22T16:13:42Z")

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They are added in the order they are found by the code that searches the available `node_modules` directories iirc.

You have no influence over the order.

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**Author:** ![chris.willing](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/chris.willing/32/76579_2.png) [@chris.willing](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/chris.willing)\
**Post date:** [22 October 2021 22:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/order-of-nodes-within-a-palette-category/52569/3 "2021-10-22T22:16:27Z")

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Not good news but thanks for the insight.

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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 December 2021 22:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/order-of-nodes-within-a-palette-category/52569/4 "2021-12-21T22:17:01Z")

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