Fix Docker sort mode runtime ordering

Author: FolderView Plus Test

archive/folderview.plus-2026.04.05.02.txz.sha256

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+322afbafeed8b2b73a4228e38b8e04055b314f41891808f52818b9c1fcf556a0  folderview.plus-2026.04.06.13.txz

archive/folderview.plus-2026.04.05.02.txz archive/folderview.plus-2026.04.06.13.txzarchive/folderview.plus-2026.04.05.02.txz renamed to archive/folderview.plus-2026.04.06.13.txz

@@ -6,13 +6,17 @@
 <!ENTITY launch "Settings/FolderViewPlus">
 <!ENTITY plugdir "/usr/local/emhttp/plugins/&name;">
 <!ENTITY pluginURL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/&github;/dev/folderview.plus.plg">
-<!ENTITY version "2026.04.06.12">
-<!ENTITY md5 "5d5f33096530575c63eec74413e79a65">
+<!ENTITY version "2026.04.06.13">
+<!ENTITY md5 "7e2d4646de359a5ed8e089fa77d2bc09">
 ]>
 
 <PLUGIN name="&name;" author="&author;" version="&version;" launch="&launch;" pluginURL="&pluginURL;" icon="folder-icon.png" support="https://forums.unraid.net/topic/197631-plugin-folderview-plus/" min="7.0.0">
     <CHANGES>
 
+###2026.04.06.13
+- Fix: Docker runtime rows, folder state, and container interactions.
+
+
 ###2026.04.06.12
 - UX: Settings workspace layout, section flows, and table behavior.
 - Fix: Diagnostics surfaces, issue reports, and support bundle coverage.

archive/folderview.plus-2026.04.06.13.txz.sha256

@@ -1897,11 +1897,31 @@ const reorderFolderSlotsInBaseOrder = (baseOrder, folders, prefs) => {
         ? baseOrder.map((item) => String(item || ''))
         : Object.values(baseOrder || {}).map((item) => String(item || ''));
     const folderMap = folders && typeof folders === 'object' ? folders : {};
+    const sortMode = ['manual', 'alpha'].includes(String(prefs?.sortMode || '').trim().toLowerCase())
+        ? String(prefs.sortMode).trim().toLowerCase()
+        : 'created';
+    const hasPinnedFolders = Array.isArray(prefs?.pinnedFolderIds) && prefs.pinnedFolderIds.length > 0;
     const desiredFolderTokens = Object.keys(getPrefsOrderedFolderMap(folderMap, prefs))
         .map((id) => `folder-${id}`);
     if (!desiredFolderTokens.length) {
         return order;
     }
+    if (sortMode !== 'created' || hasPinnedFolders) {
+        let desiredIndex = 0;
+        return order.map((entry) => {
+            if (!folderRegex.test(entry)) {
+                return entry;
+            }
+            while (desiredIndex < desiredFolderTokens.length) {
+                const candidate = desiredFolderTokens[desiredIndex++];
+                const candidateId = candidate.replace(folderRegex, '');
+                if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(folderMap, candidateId)) {
+                    return candidate;
+                }
+            }
+            return entry;
+        });
+    }
     const liveFolderTokens = new Set();
     order.forEach((entry) => {
         if (!folderRegex.test(entry)) {

folderview.plus.plg

@@ -48,7 +48,36 @@ test('docker runtime preserves live folder placeholder order from host order on
     assert.deepEqual(nextOrder, ['folder-a', 'folder-c', 'folder-b']);
 });
 
-test('docker runtime only backfills missing folder placeholders instead of reordering valid ones', () => {
+test('docker runtime reapplies saved alpha folder order even when host placeholders are stale', () => {
+    assert.ok(reorderFolderSlotsMatch, 'reorderFolderSlotsInBaseOrder definition should exist');
+    const reorderFolderSlotsInBaseOrder = new Function(
+        'baseOrder',
+        'folders',
+        'prefs',
+        'folderRegex',
+        'getPrefsOrderedFolderMap',
+        `${reorderFolderSlotsMatch[1]}`
+    );
+
+    const folderRegex = /^folder-/;
+    const folders = {
+        a: { name: '07' },
+        b: { name: '08' },
+        c: { name: '09' }
+    };
+    const getPrefsOrderedFolderMap = () => ({
+        a: folders.a,
+        b: folders.b,
+        c: folders.c
+    });
+
+    const baseOrder = ['folder-c', 'folder-a', 'folder-b'];
+    const nextOrder = reorderFolderSlotsInBaseOrder(baseOrder, folders, { sortMode: 'alpha' }, folderRegex, getPrefsOrderedFolderMap);
+
+    assert.deepEqual(nextOrder, ['folder-a', 'folder-b', 'folder-c']);
+});
+
+test('docker runtime only backfills missing folder placeholders when sort mode remains created', () => {
     assert.ok(reorderFolderSlotsMatch, 'reorderFolderSlotsInBaseOrder definition should exist');
     const reorderFolderSlotsInBaseOrder = new Function(
         'baseOrder',