[SOLVED] VS Code Extension: How do you set an order/priority to the extension's settings/configurations?

VS Code Extension: How do you set an order/priority to the extension's settings/configurations?

When adding the settings/configurations to the extensions package.json file under "contributes" and "configuration" no matter what order I place them they appear in the "File" | "Preferences" | "Settings" | "My Extension" as alphabetical. Not all information is logical to present alphabetically, sometimes information is normally presented in a specific order regardless of alpha order.

Lets say for example I needed the following to appear as "Setting C", "Setting B", then "Setting A". The following would still show in the order "Setting A", "Setting B", then "Setting C".

"contributes": {
    "configuration": [
        {
            "type": "object",
            "title": "My Extension",
            "properties": {
                "my-extension.settingB": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "default": "Sample B",
                    "description": "This is a test B setting."
                },
                "my-extension.settingA": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "default": "Sample A",
                    "description": "This is a test A setting."
                },
                "my-extension.settingC": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "default": "Sample C",
                    "description": "This is a test C setting."
                }
            }
        }
    ]
},

I've been combing the VS Code API: Contribution Points, Extension Guides, and Google but cant seem to find where/if we can set an order or priority to the extension's settings/configuration.

Is this something that's available? It seems like a fairly basic request as not all data needs to be sorted alphabetically.

I've tried to follow all the rules for posting but This is my first post so let me know if I haven't done something correctly.

Solution

It looks like this is indeed not possible at the moment. There is a related issue on the VSCode repo that seems to confirm that:

Explore extending settings schema with additional metadata (#51778)

Yeah, I would love to be able to group settings, order them, and maybe hide some. Right now the alphabetic ordering, causes all of GitLens' advanced settings to be first in the list, and that is far from ideal.