From c93f829cd5274ed5ceee6686d01d39a51e27e6df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CJ van den Berg <cj@vdbonline.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 22:21:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: sort files in each directory of the file tree

---
 src/tui/mode/overlay/file_tree_palette.zig | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/tui/mode/overlay/file_tree_palette.zig b/src/tui/mode/overlay/file_tree_palette.zig
index e29575f..13657d5 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/overlay/file_tree_palette.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/overlay/file_tree_palette.zig
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ fn receive_project_manager(palette: *Type, _: tp.pid_ref, m: tp.message) Message
     } else if (try cbor.match(m.buf, .{ "PRJ", "path_done", tp.any, tp.any, tp.any })) {
         const pending = palette.value.pending_node;
         palette.value.pending_node = null;
+        if (pending) |p| if (p.children) |*children| sort_children(children);
         palette.entries.clearRetainingCapacity();
         if (palette.value.root_node) |root| try build_visible_list(palette, root, 0);
         palette.longest_hint = max_entry_overhead(palette);
@@ -138,6 +139,16 @@ fn receive_project_manager(palette: *Type, _: tp.pid_ref, m: tp.message) Message
     return true;
 }
 
+fn sort_children(children: *std.ArrayList(Node)) void {
+    const less_fn = struct {
+        fn less_fn(_: void, lhs: Node, rhs: Node) bool {
+            if (lhs.type_ != rhs.type_) return lhs.type_ == .folder;
+            return std.mem.lessThan(u8, lhs.name, rhs.name);
+        }
+    }.less_fn;
+    std.mem.sort(Node, children.items, {}, less_fn);
+}
+
 fn append_pending_child(palette: *Type, file_name: []const u8, node_type: NodeType, icon_: []const u8, color_: u24) !void {
     const node = palette.value.pending_node orelse return;
     if (node.children == null)