Observed Behavior:

When sorting by the Address column:

Tag addresses do not sort in a predictable ascending or descending sequence.

Addresses containing a slash (/) appear to trigger a partial restart of the list, but the overall ordering still does not follow a clear rule.

The resulting list is confusing and makes it difficult to locate tags by address.

A screenshot is attached for reference.

Expected Behavior:

One of the following sorting behaviors would be expected:

Strict lexical sorting (e.g., “1”, “2”, “10”, “11”, “20”, etc.)

Strict numeric sorting when addresses are numeric

Consistent grouping when special characters such as "/" are present

Any of these would be acceptable as long as the behavior is predictable and consistent.

Impact:
This is not a critical issue, but it is a quality‑of‑life problem that affects navigation and troubleshooting efficiency when working with large numbers of I/O tags.

Environment:

VTScada Version: 12.1.07
Component: Native Tag Browser
Sorting Column: Tag Address

When sorting from largest to smallest, the sorting algorithm is sorting anything categorized as alphanumeric first and then is sorting anything sorting anything which is a number using Lexical sorting second.

Excel sorts data the same way, which is likely why this method was selected.