fix selected item sorting

netbox/dcim/forms/model_forms.py

@@ -733,9 +733,10 @@ class ModuleForm(ModuleCommonForm, PrimaryModelForm):
     )
     module_bay = DynamicModelChoiceField(
         label=_('Module bay'),
-        queryset=ModuleBay.objects.all(),
+        queryset=ModuleBay.objects.order_by('name'),
         query_params={
-            'device_id': '$device'
+            'device_id': '$device',
+            'ordering': 'name',
         },
         context={
             'disabled': 'installed_module',

netbox/project-static/src/select/classes/dynamicTomSelect.ts

@@ -75,10 +75,16 @@ export class DynamicTomSelect extends TomSelect {
   load(value: string) {
     const self = this;
 
+    // Save current selection before clearing
+    const currentValue = self.getValue();
+
     // Automatically clear any cached options. (Only options included
     // in the API response should be present.)
     self.clearOptions();
 
+    // Clear user_options to prevent the pre-selected option from being treated specially
+    (self as any).user_options = {};
+
     // Populate the null option (if any) if not searching
     if (self.nullOption && !value) {
       self.addOption(self.nullOption);
@@ -98,16 +104,29 @@ export class DynamicTomSelect extends TomSelect {
       .then(response => response.json())
       .then(apiData => {
         const results: Dict[] = apiData.results;
-        const options: Dict[] = [];
-        for (const result of results) {
+
+        // Add options and manually set $order to ensure correct sorting
+        results.forEach((result, index) => {
           const option = self.getOptionFromData(result);
-          options.push(option);
+          self.addOption(option);
+          // Set $order after addOption() to override any special handling of pre-selected items
+          const key = option[self.settings.valueField as string] as string;
+          if (self.options[key]) {
+            (self.options[key] as any).$order = index;
+          }
+        });
+
+        self.loading--;
+        if (self.loading === 0) {
+          self.wrapper.classList.remove(self.settings.loadingClass as string);
         }
-        return options;
-      })
-      // Pass the options to the callback function
-      .then(options => {
-        self.loadCallback(options, []);
+
+        // Restore the current selection
+        if (currentValue && !self.items.includes(currentValue as string)) {
+          self.items.push(currentValue as string);
+        }
+
+        self.refreshOptions(false);
       })
       .catch(() => {
         self.loadCallback([], []);

netbox/project-static/src/select/dynamic.ts

@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ export function initDynamicSelects(): void {
       labelField: LABEL_FIELD,
       maxOptions: MAX_OPTIONS,
 
+      // Preserve API response order
+      sortField: '$order',
+
       // Disable local search (search is performed on the backend)
       searchField: [],
 

netbox/translations/en/LC_MESSAGES/django.po

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2026-01-15 05:05+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2026-01-13 05:05+0000\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -12489,8 +12489,8 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Delete Selected"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: netbox/netbox/plugins/navigation.py:53
-#: netbox/netbox/plugins/navigation.py:89
+#: netbox/netbox/plugins/navigation.py:55
+#: netbox/netbox/plugins/navigation.py:88
 msgid "Permissions must be passed as a tuple or list."
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -12498,7 +12498,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Buttons must be passed as a tuple or list."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: netbox/netbox/plugins/navigation.py:95
+#: netbox/netbox/plugins/navigation.py:92
 msgid "Button color must be a choice within ButtonColorChoices."
 msgstr ""