Add option to sort Maven Dependencies alphabetically

[odrotbohm]

The "Maven Dependencies" node in the Project Explorer sorts dependencies as they appear on the classpath, effectively reflecting the declaration order in the POM. This is helpful to know which JAR comes first when compiling and executing the project. That said, when browsing dependencies in the IDE, the individual artifacts would be easier to find if the list was sorted alphabetically.

It would be nice if there was an option to rather display the individual dependency artifacts in alphabetical order.

[laeubi]

I don't think m2e can do much about this as the Classpath Container is a JDT feature so one would need a (generic) feature to show items ordered by name there.

[odrotbohm]

Hm, that's weird, as in the Package Explorer, the dependencies are indeed sorted alphabetically? 🤔