From 540860445a53e1eabeb8c05b2116539246b885f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: R Sivaram <96035753+rsiva0400@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:01:21 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add gui.sortEnv option to sort Env panel alphabetically

New optional bool 'gui.sortEnv' (default: false). When true, the
container Env panel is rendered with variables sorted alphabetically
by key; default preserves the existing image / compose insertion order.
---
 pkg/config/app_config.go    |  4 ++++
 pkg/gui/containers_panel.go | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pkg/config/app_config.go b/pkg/config/app_config.go
index 0ebc1796..e7b085c6 100644
--- a/pkg/config/app_config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/app_config.go
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ type GuiConfig struct {
 	// Window border style.
 	// One of 'rounded' (default) | 'single' | 'double' | 'hidden'
 	Border string `yaml:"border"`
+
+	// SortEnv sorts the container Env panel alphabetically by key. Default false
+	// preserves the insertion order from the image / compose file.
+	SortEnv bool `yaml:"sortEnv,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // CommandTemplatesConfig determines what commands actually get called when we
diff --git a/pkg/gui/containers_panel.go b/pkg/gui/containers_panel.go
index a638ee29..3d2e81ba 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/containers_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/containers_panel.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package gui
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -155,7 +156,23 @@ func (gui *Gui) containerEnv(container *commands.Container) string {
 		return gui.Tr.NothingToDisplay
 	}
 
-	envVarsList := lo.Map(container.Details.Config.Env, func(envVar string, _ int) []string {
+	envVars := container.Details.Config.Env
+	if gui.Config.UserConfig.Gui.SortEnv {
+		envVars = append([]string(nil), envVars...)
+		sort.SliceStable(envVars, func(i, j int) bool {
+			ki := envVars[i]
+			if idx := strings.IndexByte(ki, '='); idx >= 0 {
+				ki = ki[:idx]
+			}
+			kj := envVars[j]
+			if idx := strings.IndexByte(kj, '='); idx >= 0 {
+				kj = kj[:idx]
+			}
+			return ki < kj
+		})
+	}
+
+	envVarsList := lo.Map(envVars, func(envVar string, _ int) []string {
 		splitEnv := strings.SplitN(envVar, "=", 2)
 		key := splitEnv[0]
 		value := ""