diff --git a/src/components/sidebar/ConnectionTree.vue b/src/components/sidebar/ConnectionTree.vue
index 350f1d5399..9459a4c459 100644
--- a/src/components/sidebar/ConnectionTree.vue
+++ b/src/components/sidebar/ConnectionTree.vue
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ function filterTree(nodes: TreeNode[], q: string): TreeNode[] {
   const filteredNodes: TreeNode[] = [];
 
   for (const node of nodes) {
+    if (node.type === "object-browser" && node.hiddenChildren) {
+      const matches = node.hiddenChildren.filter((child) => matchSidebarLabel(normalizedLabel(child), q));
+      if (matches.length > 0) filteredNodes.push(...matches);
+      continue;
+    }
+
     const label = normalizedLabel(node);
     const selfMatches = !!matchSidebarLabel(label, q);
     const filteredChildren = node.children ? filterTree(node.children, q) : undefined;
diff --git a/src/stores/connectionStore.ts b/src/stores/connectionStore.ts
index 54aa804e95..1256a33a16 100644
--- a/src/stores/connectionStore.ts
+++ b/src/stores/connectionStore.ts
@@ -689,17 +689,25 @@ export const useConnectionStore = defineStore("connection", () => {
           [],
           defaultSchemaTables.slice(0, SIDEBAR_TABLE_NODE_LIMIT),
         );
-        children = [
-          ...previewTables,
-          buildObjectBrowserNode(
-            `${nodeId}:${SQLSERVER_DEFAULT_SCHEMA}`,
-            connectionId,
-            database,
-            SQLSERVER_DEFAULT_SCHEMA,
-            defaultSchemaTables.length,
-          ),
-          ...children.filter((child) => child.type === "schema"),
-        ];
+        const browserNode = buildObjectBrowserNode(
+          `${nodeId}:${SQLSERVER_DEFAULT_SCHEMA}`,
+          connectionId,
+          database,
+          SQLSERVER_DEFAULT_SCHEMA,
+          defaultSchemaTables.length,
+        );
+        const hiddenTables = defaultSchemaTables.slice(SIDEBAR_TABLE_NODE_LIMIT);
+        browserNode.hiddenChildren = hiddenTables.map((t) => ({
+          id: `${nodeId}:${SQLSERVER_DEFAULT_SCHEMA}:${t.name}`,
+          label: t.name,
+          type: (t.table_type === "VIEW" ? "view" : "table") as "view" | "table",
+          connectionId,
+          database,
+          schema: SQLSERVER_DEFAULT_SCHEMA,
+          isExpanded: false,
+          children: [],
+        }));
+        children = [...previewTables, browserNode, ...children.filter((child) => child.type === "schema")];
       }
       setChildren(node, children);
       await savePersistedTreeChildren(cacheKey, children);
@@ -736,7 +744,19 @@ export const useConnectionStore = defineStore("connection", () => {
         children: [],
       }));
       if (tables.length > SIDEBAR_TABLE_NODE_LIMIT) {
-        children.push(buildObjectBrowserNode(nodeId, connectionId, database, effectiveSchema, tables.length));
+        const hiddenTables = tables.slice(SIDEBAR_TABLE_NODE_LIMIT);
+        const browserNode = buildObjectBrowserNode(nodeId, connectionId, database, effectiveSchema, tables.length);
+        browserNode.hiddenChildren = hiddenTables.map((t) => ({
+          id: `${nodeId}:${t.name}`,
+          label: t.name,
+          type: (t.table_type === "VIEW" ? "view" : "table") as "view" | "table",
+          connectionId,
+          database,
+          schema: effectiveSchema,
+          isExpanded: false,
+          children: [],
+        }));
+        children.push(browserNode);
       }
       setChildren(node, children);
       await savePersistedTreeChildren(cacheKey, children);
diff --git a/src/types/database.ts b/src/types/database.ts
index dca1fd7bc1..70de4478b7 100644
--- a/src/types/database.ts
+++ b/src/types/database.ts
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ export interface TreeNode {
   schema?: string;
   tableName?: string;
   objectCount?: number;
+  hiddenChildren?: TreeNode[];
   savedSqlId?: string;
   savedSqlFolderId?: string;
   meta?: ColumnInfo | IndexInfo | ForeignKeyInfo | TriggerInfo;