Sort Connections in CMS Bridge Extension

CMS Bridge
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Hi, is there a way to sort the connections that appear in the CMS Bridge Extension in Airtable? The first table in my base gets synced much more often than the others. It used to appear at the top of the list in the CMS Bridge extension but now it’s suddenly last. Is there a way to change this?

They don’t seem to be in alphabetical order, or in the order of the tables on Airtable. I’m not sure what is determining the order or why it seems to have changed recently.

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Hey @DL1!

Honestly, based on what we have in our current docs, we don’t see a way to reorder or sort connections in the CMS Bridge extension. There’s no drag-to-reorder feature, alphabetical sorting control, or setting that lets you customize the display order of your connections in the dashboard.

That said, we want to be upfront — this isn’t explicitly covered in our docs either way, so we don’t want to give you a hard “it can’t be done” without being fully certain. We’re flagging this for the team to confirm. :thinking:

It’s also genuinely useful feedback. As users build out more connections, being able to prioritize or organize them makes a lot of sense as a feature request.

While we get a clearer answer, it’d help to know a bit more about your setup:

  1. How many connections are you managing total?
  2. Did anything change around the time the order shifted — like adding a new connection, re-authenticating, or updating the extension?

That context will help the team give you a more complete answer and better advocate on your behalf if this needs to go to the product side :flexed_biceps:

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Hi @DL1

There is no a built-in way to manually sort or reorder connections inside the CMS Bridge Extension for Airtable.

What you’re seeing is a side effect of how the extension determines order behind the scenes.
A few things to know:

What likely controls the order

The CMS Bridge Extension doesn’t follow the Airtable table order, or the alphabetical order, or the sync frequency reliably

Instead, the order is usually tied to internal metadata, such as:

  • The order in which connections were created
  • Or the last modified/reinitialized state

That’s why it can suddenly change after reconnecting a table, updating the extension, or refreshing and reauthorizing access

Why your frequently synced table moved

Even though it syncs often, if another connection was edited more recently, or the extension re-registered connections, it can bump your table down the list.

You could try;

1. Recreate the connection
Delete that table’s connection and add it again.
It often jumps back to the top because it’s treated as new.

2. Disconnect/reconnect in sequence
If you care about order, remove all connections, or re-add them in your preferred order

3. Naming
Sometimes prefixing table names (e.g., 01_Users, 02_Posts) helps visually though this only helps you scan faster, not truly reorder.