# Sort List Of Link-In / Link-Out Nodes In Sidebar

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sort-list-of-link-in-link-out-nodes-in-sidebar/100990>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [12 May 2026 15:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sort-list-of-link-in-link-out-nodes-in-sidebar/100990 "2026-05-12T15:09:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![MyRandomThoughts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/myrandomthoughts/32/41085_2.png) [@MyRandomThoughts](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/MyRandomThoughts)\
**Post date:** [12 May 2026 15:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sort-list-of-link-in-link-out-nodes-in-sidebar/100990/1 "2026-05-12T15:09:09Z")

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When double-clicking a link node, the right-hand side bar appears with a list of possible targets, can we get that sorted in to alphabetical order please, within the tab sections.

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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:** [12 May 2026 16:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sort-list-of-link-in-link-out-nodes-in-sidebar/100990/2 "2026-05-12T16:14:20Z")

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@MyRandomThoughts you caught me at a good moment.

Node-RED v5 will sort the node lists for the link/complete/catch/status nodes alpabetically.

> <https://github.com/node-red/node-red/pull/5739>
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> For the \`link (in|ou|call)\`, \`complete\`, \`catch\` and \`status\` nodes, the edit di…alog presents a list of nodes to select from.
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> This list was shown in the natural node order - ie the order they had been added to the workspace.
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> This PR changes that to sort them alphabetically based on their label.
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> This has been requested a few times, including just now - https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sort-list-of-link-in-link-out-nodes-in-sidebar/100990

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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:** [26 May 2026 16:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sort-list-of-link-in-link-out-nodes-in-sidebar/100990/3 "2026-05-26T16:14:46Z")

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