...for Victoria 4, and how can I change it back?

I opened into the Poser File Editor a P8-"corrupted" Pz3 and manually rearranged the materials back to what I'm used to seeing, but when I open the file again in Poser 7, they're back to the P8 non-order.

Questions:
--Is it just me, or do others find this really annoying?
--Why is P8 doing this? The new "order" is very much a disorder, and I can't find my material in the list anymore without extensive searching. Is this by design or by oversight? (Please say "oversight", if it's by design, it's diabolical!)
-Is there something (some preferences list or whatever) that decides what order materials for given figures appear in, and if so, where is that information saved, and can one change it?

I can't see myself doing any serious work in P8 until it matures a bit: the interface is fairly awkward and to me far more limiting than P7's... probably because I haven't sat down with the manual yet, but anyway....

Monterey/Mint21.x/Win10 - Blender3.x - PP11.3(cm) - Musescore3.6.2

Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehen
[it is clear that humans have contempt for that which they do not understand] 

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