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Display Order in Item Actions

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Searches for my question aren't returning my specific need, so I thought I'd post it here in hopes someone can assist.
 
In a Power Automate flow, when using an "item" action (create/update), I am curious to know what decides the order in which the fields are displayed. I had thought perhaps it was based on the column order set on the referenced list, but that isn't tracking. Sometimes a newly added list column will appear at the bottom of the action card, other times it will appear somewhere in the middle. It does seem to place any required field at the top of the list, but not in any particular order. Asking to see if there is a way to set that display order (i.e. sort alphabetically).
 
I am NOT asking about how to set the display order of the result of the action or anything to do with the dynamic or expression content inside a specific field, I am asking about the PA action card itself. See the image below for reference.
 
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    From what I've seen it lists all the required fields in the order they were added to the list first, then all the optional fields in the order they were added to the list after.  If you use a view to restrict the clients displayed then it uses the order in the view. Required columns still go first and then optional columns.  But now it follows the order of the view.

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    In Power Automate, the field order in “Create item” / “Update item” actions is system-controlled and cannot be customized.
     
    Order is based on internal metadata, not list configuration
     
    Use structured mapping instead of depending on UI layout

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