Natural Sort Order setting is not applied in Blob and ADLS Gen2 blob container explorers

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Description

Storage Explorer Version

1.43.0

Regression From

1.43.0

Architecture

arm64

Storage Explorer Build Number

20260518.1

Platform

All

OS Version

Windows 11 arm64/Windows11 x64/Linux Ubuntu 22.04

Bug Description

When the Natural Sort Order setting is enabled in Storage Explorer, items should be sorted using natural ordering so that numeric portions of file names are compared numerically (for example, file2.txt should come before file10.txt). However, in the Blob Container Explorer, files are still displayed in lexicographical order, causing file10.txt to come before file2.txt.

Resource Types

Blobs, ADLS Gen2 blobs

Authentication Method

None

Connection Type

None

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open Storage Explorer.
2. Go to Settings and enable the setting 'Natural Sort Order'.
3. Expand one storage account -> Blob Containers.
4. Create a new blob container -> Upload two files: file2.txt file10.txt.
5. Close the blob container -> Reopen it.
6. Observe the displayed order.
7. Check whether 'file2.txt' comes before 'file10.txt'.

Actual Experience

'file10.txt' is displayed before 'file2.txt'.

Expected Experience

'file2.txt' is displayed before 'file10.txt'.

Additional Context

The setting description states that when enabled, file2.txt should come before file10.txt.

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