From 4139e159639e169b55860cf81c24daf65a41aff9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josias Kasongo <josiaskas@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2023 18:11:37 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] order by entity, then by identifier for better searching

---
 src/components/builder/GroupCtrlSlot.vue | 14 +++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/components/builder/GroupCtrlSlot.vue b/src/components/builder/GroupCtrlSlot.vue
index 5ed9004..b015edb 100644
--- a/src/components/builder/GroupCtrlSlot.vue
+++ b/src/components/builder/GroupCtrlSlot.vue
@@ -92,13 +92,17 @@ export default defineComponent({
     orderedRules(): RuleDefinitionWithChain[] {
       const rules = [...this.groupCtrl.rules] as RuleDefinitionWithChain[];
       return rules.sort((a, b) => {
-        if (a.chain !== undefined && b.chain !== undefined) {
-          if (a.chain.length > b.chain?.length) {
-            return 1;
-          } else if (a.chain?.length < b.chain?.length) {
-            return -1;
+        const aChain = a.chain || [];
+        const bChain = b.chain || [];
+        for (let i = 0; i < Math.min(aChain.length, bChain.length); i++) {
+          const chainComparison = aChain[i].localeCompare(bChain[i]);
+          if (chainComparison !== 0) {
+            return chainComparison;
           }
         }
+        if (aChain.length !== bChain.length) {
+          return aChain.length - bChain.length;
+        }
         return a.identifier.localeCompare(b.identifier);
       });
     },