diff --git a/src/components/selectionbar/SubgraphNode.vue b/src/components/selectionbar/SubgraphNode.vue
index 4a876f7da..ff8f0ed64 100644
--- a/src/components/selectionbar/SubgraphNode.vue
+++ b/src/components/selectionbar/SubgraphNode.vue
@@ -1,73 +1,100 @@
-<template>
-  <SidebarTabTemplate
-    :title="'Subgraph Node'"
-    class="workflows-sidebar-tab bg-[var(--p-tree-background)]"
-  >
-  <template #body>
-      <TreeExplorer
-        v-model:expandedKeys="expandedKeys"
-        :root="renderedRoot"
-      >
-        <template #node="{ node }">
-        <SubgraphNodeWidget :node="node"/>
-        </template>
-      </TreeExplorer>
-  </template>
-  </SidebarTabTemplate>
-</template>
-
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { ref, watch, computed } from 'vue';
 import { watchDebounced } from '@vueuse/core'
-import OrderList from 'primevue/orderlist';
 
 import { useI18n } from 'vue-i18n'
+import draggable from 'vuedraggable'
 
 import SidebarTabTemplate from '@/components/sidebar/tabs/SidebarTabTemplate.vue'
-import TreeExplorer from '@/components/common/TreeExplorer.vue'
 import SubgraphNodeWidget from '@/components/selectionbar/SubgraphNodeWidget.vue'
 import { useCanvasStore } from '@/stores/graphStore'
-import { buildTree } from '@/utils/treeUtil'
 const { t } = useI18n()
 
 const canvasStore = useCanvasStore()
 
 const expandedKeys = ref<Record<string, boolean>>({})
 
-const widgetTree = computed(() => {
+const triggerUpdate = ref(0)
+
+const activeNode = computed(() => {
+  return canvasStore.selectedItems[0]
+})
+
+function keyfn(item) {
+      return `${item[0].title}(${item[0].id}): ${item[1].name}`
+}
+const activeWidgets = computed({
+  get() {
+    triggerUpdate.value
+    const node = activeNode.value
+    const pw = node.properties.proxyWidgets ?? []
+    return pw.map(([id, name]) => {
+      const wNode = node.subgraph._nodes_by_id[id]
+      const w = wNode.widgets.find((w) => w.name === name)
+      return [wNode, w]
+    })
+  },
+  set(value) {
+    //map back to id/name
+    const pw = value.map(([node, widget]) => [node.id, widget.name])
+    activeNode.value.properties.proxyWidgets = pw
+    //force trigger an update
+    triggerUpdate.value++
+    canvasStore.canvas.setDirty(true)
+  }
+})
+
+const candidateWidgets = computed(() =>{
   const node = canvasStore.selectedItems[0] ?? {}
   const interiorNodes = node?.subgraph?.nodes ?? []
   node.widgets ??= []
-  const intn = interiorNodes.map((n) =>
-    n.widgets?.map((w) => [n, w, node]) ?? []).flat(1)
+  const intn = interiorNodes.flatMap((n) =>
+    n.widgets?.map((w) => {
+      return [n,w] ?? []
+    }))
     //widget has connected link. Should not be displayed
     .filter((i) => !i[1].computedDisabled)
   //TODO: filter enabled/disabled items while keeping order
-  return buildTree(intn, (item: [unknown, unknown]) =>
-    [`${item[0].title}(${item[0].id}): ${item[1].name}`]
-  )
+  return intn
 })
 
-const renderedRoot = computed<TreeExplorerNode<ComfyNodeDefImpl>>(() => {
-  const fillNodeInfo = (node: TreeNode): TreeExplorerNode<ComfyNodeDefImpl> => {
-    const children = node.children?.map(fillNodeInfo)
-
-    return {
-      key: node.key,
-      leaf: node.leaf,
-      data: node.data,
-      label: node.label,
-      getIcon() {
-          return 'pi pi-minus'
-      },
-      children,
-      onToggle: () => console.log(widgetTree,node),
-      draggable: true,
-    }
-  }
-  const ret =  fillNodeInfo(widgetTree.value)
-  return ret
-})
-
-
 </script>
+<template>
+  <SidebarTabTemplate
+      :title="'Subgraph Node'"
+      class="workflows-sidebar-tab bg-[var(--p-tree-background)]"
+      >
+      <template #body>
+        <div class="widgets-section">
+        <draggable
+            v-model="activeWidgets"
+            group="people"
+            :animation="100"
+            @start="drag=true"
+            @end="drag=false"
+            item-key="id">
+        <template #item="{element}">
+          <SubgraphNodeWidget :item="element" :node="activeNode" :draggable="true"/>
+        </template>
+        </draggable>
+        </div>
+        <div class="widgets-section">
+        <div v-for="element in candidateWidgets">
+          <SubgraphNodeWidget :item="element" :node="activeNode"/>
+        </div>
+        </div>
+      </template>
+  </SidebarTabTemplate>
+</template>
+<style scoped>
+.widgets-section {
+  display: flex;
+
+  padding: 4px 0 16px 0;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  align-items: flex-start;
+  gap: 16px;
+  align-self: stretch;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-node-divider, #2E3037);
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/src/components/selectionbar/SubgraphNodeWidget.vue b/src/components/selectionbar/SubgraphNodeWidget.vue
index d4656aa2f..533b6ed29 100644
--- a/src/components/selectionbar/SubgraphNodeWidget.vue
+++ b/src/components/selectionbar/SubgraphNodeWidget.vue
@@ -1,21 +1,3 @@
-<template>
-  <div ref="container" class="node-lib-node-container">
-    <TreeExplorerTreeNode :node="node">
-      <template #actions>
-        <Button
-          size="small"
-          text
-          severity="secondary"
-          @click.stop="onClick"
-        >
-          <i-lucide:eye-off v-if="isShown"/>
-          <i-lucide:eye v-else/>
-        </Button>
-      </template>
-    </TreeExplorerTreeNode>
-  </div>
-</template>
-
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { ref, onMounted } from 'vue'
 import Button from 'primevue/button'
@@ -23,9 +5,7 @@ import { useDomWidgetStore } from '@/stores/domWidgetStore'
 import { useCanvasStore } from '@/stores/graphStore'
 
 function hasWidget() {
-  const node = props.node.data[2]
-  const name = props.node.data[1].name
-  return node.widgets.some((w) => w.name === name)
+  return props.node.widgets.some((w) => w.name === props.item[1].name)
 }
 
 let isShown = ref(false)
@@ -34,7 +14,9 @@ import TreeExplorerTreeNode from '@/components/common/TreeExplorerTreeNode.vue'
 import { RenderedTreeExplorerNode } from '@/types/treeExplorerTypes'
 
 const props = defineProps<{
-  node: RenderedTreeExplorerNode<ComfyNodeDefImpl>
+  item: [unknown, unknown],
+  node: unknown
+  draggable?: boolean
 }>()
 
 onMounted(() => {
@@ -43,9 +25,9 @@ onMounted(() => {
 
 function onClick(e) {
   //props.node?.onToggle()
-  const nodeId = props.node.data[0].id
-  const widgetName = props.node.data[1].name
-  const node = props.node.data[2]
+  const nodeId = props.item[0].id
+  const widgetName = props.item[1].name
+  const node = props.node
 
   const { widgetStates } = useDomWidgetStore()
   if (!isShown.value) {
@@ -65,7 +47,7 @@ function onClick(e) {
     }
     const { properties } = node
     properties.proxyWidgets = properties.proxyWidgets.filter((p) => {
-    return p[1] !== widgetName 
+    return p[1] !== widgetName
       //NOTE: intentional loose as nodeId is often string/int
       || p[0] != nodeId})
 
@@ -74,6 +56,67 @@ function onClick(e) {
   useCanvasStore().canvas.setDirty(true)
 }
 </script>
+<template>
+  <div class="widget-item">
+    <div v-if="draggable">
+      <i-lucide:grip-vertical/>
+    </div>
+    <div class="widget-title">
+      <div class="widget-node">{{item[0].title}}</div>
+      <div class="widget-name">{{item[1].name}}</div>
+    </div>
+    <Button
+      size="small"
+      text
+      severity="secondary"
+      @click.stop="onClick"
+    >
+      <i-lucide:eye v-if="isShown"/>
+      <i-lucide:eye-off v-else/>
+    </Button>
+  </div>
+</template>
 
 <style scoped>
+.widget-item {
+  display: flex;
+  padding: 4px 16px 4px 0;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 4px;
+  align-self: stretch;
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  background: var(--bg-color, #202020);
+}
+.widget-title {
+display: flex;
+width: 269px;
+flex-direction: column;
+align-items: flex-start;
+gap: 4px;
+}
+.widget-node {
+  display: flex;
+  height: 15px;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  justify-content: flex-end;
+  align-self: stretch;
+  color: var(--color-text-secondary, #9C9EAB);
+
+  /* heading-text-nav */
+  font-family: Inter;
+  font-size: 10px;
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-weight: 400;
+  line-height: normal;
+}
+.widget-name {
+  color: var(--color-text-primary, #FFF);
+  
+  /* body-text-small */
+  font-family: Inter;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-weight: 400;
+  line-height: normal;
+}
 </style>
diff --git a/src/lib/litegraph/src/subgraph/SubgraphNode.ts b/src/lib/litegraph/src/subgraph/SubgraphNode.ts
index f56776655..2db107b2c 100644
--- a/src/lib/litegraph/src/subgraph/SubgraphNode.ts
+++ b/src/lib/litegraph/src/subgraph/SubgraphNode.ts
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ export class SubgraphNode extends LGraphNode implements BaseLGraph {
     )
 
     this.type = subgraph.id
-    this.configure(instanceData)
+    ////FIXME: This breaks subgraph conversion
+    //this.configure(instanceData)
 
     this.addTitleButton({
       name: 'enter_subgraph',
@@ -305,6 +306,23 @@ export class SubgraphNode extends LGraphNode implements BaseLGraph {
         break
       }
     }
+    //ensure proxyWidgets is enumerated during serialization
+    this.properties.proxyWidgets ??= []
+    const proxyWidgets = this.properties.proxyWidgets
+    Object.defineProperty(this.properties, 'proxyWidgets', {
+      get: () => {
+        return this.widgets.filter((w) => !!w._overlay)
+          .map((w) => [w._overlay.nodeId, w._overlay.widgetName])
+      },
+      set: (property) => {
+        //NOTE: This does not apply to pushed entries, only initial load
+        this.widgets = this.widgets.filter((w) => !w._overlay)
+        for (const [nodeId, widgetName] of property)
+          this.addProxyWidget(`${nodeId}`, widgetName)
+        //TODO: set dirty canvas
+      }
+    })
+    this.properties.proxyWidgets = proxyWidgets
   }
 
   #setWidget(
@@ -576,21 +594,8 @@ export class SubgraphNode extends LGraphNode implements BaseLGraph {
     // Call parent serialize method
     return super.serialize()
   }
-  onPropertyChanged(k, property) {
-    if (k !== "proxyWidgets") return
-      this.widgets = this.widgets.filter((w) => !w.isProxyWidget)
-    setTimeout(() => {
-      for (const [nodeId, widgetName] of property)
-        this.addProxyFromOverlay({
-          __proto__:{nodeId, widgetName}})
-    }, 0)
-
-  }
   addProxyWidget(nodeId: string, widgetName: string) {
     const overlay = {nodeId, widgetName}
-    this.properties.proxyWidgets ??= []
-    //NOTE: This doesn't trigger onPropertyChanged
-    this.properties.proxyWidgets.push([overlay.nodeId, overlay.widgetName])
     return this.addProxyFromOverlay({__proto__:overlay})
   }
   addProxyFromOverlay(overlay: Object) {
@@ -611,11 +616,14 @@ export class SubgraphNode extends LGraphNode implements BaseLGraph {
       if (!n) return
         return n.widgets.find((w) => w.name === widgetName)
     }
+    let lw = undefined
     const handler = Object.fromEntries(['get', 'set', 'getPrototypeOf', 'ownKeys', 'has'].map((s) => {
       const func = function(t,p,...rest) {
         if (s == 'get' && p == '_overlay')
           return overlay
-        const lw = linkedWidget(overlay.graph, overlay.nodeId, overlay.widgetName)
+        if (!lw) {
+          lw = linkedWidget(overlay.graph, overlay.nodeId, overlay.widgetName)
+        }
         if (s == 'get' && p == 'node') {
           return subgraphNode
         }