Files view node order changes after startup

[iajn]

Apache NetBeans version

Apache NetBeans 21

What happened

Opening a Maven multi module project displays the nodes in alphabetic order in the Projects and Files views. After restarting the IDE however, after the IDE is done "Opening Projects", the order changes in the Files view for some reason. Closing and reopening the project fixes the issue, but doing this every time is annoying because e.g. the main project information is lost.

I only use Maven projects, so I'm not sure if this is a Maven project issue or present with other types of projects.

Here is a video demonstrating the issue: https://youtu.be/6gBZsCfHkBI

Language / Project Type / NetBeans Component

Projects/Files view in NetBeans IDE

How to reproduce

Create new or open existing Maven project with multiple modules and restart NetBeans IDE.

Did this work correctly in an earlier version?

No / Don't know

Operating System

Windows 11

JDK

21.0.2; OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 21.0.2+13-LTS

Apache NetBeans packaging

Third-party package

Anything else

No response

Are you willing to submit a pull request?

No