How can I prevent query parameters from reordering and flickering in Laravel Jetstream with Vue?

The behavior you’re seeing isn’t an error—it’s just that the rebuilt URL (whether by Inertia, Laravel’s paginator, or the browser) doesn’t guarantee that query parameters keep their original order. This usually happens when the front‑end (Vue with Inertia) reconstructs the URL based on its internal representation of the query parameters, so the order may change from what you typed.

Below are some points and strategies to consider:

Why It Happens

• Inertia's URL Reconstruction: When you navigate with Inertia (via methods like router.get), it takes the query data from your JS object and builds the URL. JavaScript objects do not have a guaranteed key order, so the parameters may appear in a different order.
• Laravel’s withQueryString: When you use paginate()->withQueryString(), Laravel gathers the current request’s query parameters and constructs the new URL for pagination links. The order in which these key-value pairs are assembled may differ from the original URL.
• Browser Behavior: The browser itself has no requirements about preserving the order of query parameters. In most cases, the order does not affect how the server interprets them.

What You Can Do

1. Accept the Cosmetic Difference:
   Since the query string order does not impact functionality (the key/value pairs remain intact), you might simply choose to ignore the flicker.

2. Manually Rewrite the URL:
   If preserving the exact visual order is important to you, you can manipulate the browser’s history after the page loads. For example, in your Vue component you can replace the URL with a formatted version:

   VUECopied
   <script>
   export default {
     mounted() {
       // Extract the desired query parameters, in the order you want.
       const params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search)
       const page = params.get('page')
       const field = params.get('field')
       const direction = params.get('direction')
       
       // Construct the query string in your desired order.
       const newQuery = `?page=${page}&field=${field}&direction=${direction}`
       
       // Replace the URL without refreshing the page.
       window.history.replaceState(null, '', `/admin/users/list${newQuery}`)
     }
   }
   </script>

3. Custom Pagination View:
   If you’re using Laravel’s pagination links, you could create a custom Blade pagination view that manually orders the query parameters. However, note that if Inertia then re-renders the URL on the client side, the order might be updated again.

Final Thoughts

Both Laravel and Inertia (combined with Vue) work correctly when it comes to parameter functionality—the visual flip in order is a side effect of how these libraries rebuild the URL. Most of the time, it’s best to treat this behavior as cosmetic, unless you have a specific reason (like SEO or certain UI requirements) to maintain a set order.