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 f…

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.

chris.willing 22 October 2021 22:16 3

Not good news but thanks for the insight.

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