From 57c08f5cd71c27f3fe3b01645ff396db030856cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave Falke <dfalke@uga.edu>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2025 16:28:20 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Use alphabetic ordering when displaying a flattened list of
 eda entities (#1323)

---
 packages/libs/eda/src/lib/core/utils/study-metadata.ts | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/libs/eda/src/lib/core/utils/study-metadata.ts b/packages/libs/eda/src/lib/core/utils/study-metadata.ts
index 077feb4d97..6f29ec8165 100644
--- a/packages/libs/eda/src/lib/core/utils/study-metadata.ts
+++ b/packages/libs/eda/src/lib/core/utils/study-metadata.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { keyBy } from 'lodash';
-import { find } from '@veupathdb/wdk-client/lib/Utils/IterableUtils';
+import { find, Seq } from '@veupathdb/wdk-client/lib/Utils/IterableUtils';
 import {
   CollectionVariableTreeNode,
   MultiFilterVariable,
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ import {
 import { preorder } from '@veupathdb/wdk-client/lib/Utils/TreeUtils';
 
 export function entityTreeToArray(rootEntity: StudyEntity): StudyEntity[] {
-  return Array.from(preorder(rootEntity, (e) => e.children ?? []));
+  return Seq.from(preorder(rootEntity, (e) => e.children ?? []))
+    .orderBy((node) => node.displayName)
+    .toArray();
 }
 
 export interface EntityAndVariable {