diff --git a/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/components/form/dropdown/shared.test.ts b/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/components/form/dropdown/shared.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0366378e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/components/form/dropdown/shared.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+import { defaultSearcher, getDefaultSortOptions } from './shared'
+import type { DropdownItem } from './types'
+
+function createItem(name: string, label?: string): DropdownItem {
+  return {
+    id: name,
+    mediaSrc: '',
+    name,
+    label,
+    metadata: ''
+  }
+}
+
+describe('defaultSearcher', () => {
+  const items: DropdownItem[] = [
+    createItem('apple.png'),
+    createItem('banana.jpg'),
+    createItem('cherry.gif')
+  ]
+
+  it('returns all items when query is empty', async () => {
+    const result = await defaultSearcher('', items)
+    expect(result).toEqual(items)
+  })
+
+  it('returns all items when query is whitespace', async () => {
+    const result = await defaultSearcher('   ', items)
+    expect(result).toEqual(items)
+  })
+
+  it('filters items by single word', async () => {
+    const result = await defaultSearcher('apple', items)
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(result[0].name).toBe('apple.png')
+  })
+
+  it('filters items case-insensitively', async () => {
+    const result = await defaultSearcher('APPLE', items)
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(result[0].name).toBe('apple.png')
+  })
+
+  it('filters items by multiple words (AND logic)', async () => {
+    const result = await defaultSearcher('a png', items)
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect(result[0].name).toBe('apple.png')
+  })
+
+  it('returns empty array when no matches', async () => {
+    const result = await defaultSearcher('xyz', items)
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(0)
+  })
+})
+
+describe('getDefaultSortOptions', () => {
+  const sortOptions = getDefaultSortOptions()
+
+  describe('Default sorter', () => {
+    const defaultSorter = sortOptions.find((o) => o.id === 'default')!.sorter
+
+    it('returns items in original order', () => {
+      const items = [createItem('z'), createItem('a'), createItem('m')]
+      const result = defaultSorter({ items })
+      expect(result.map((i) => i.name)).toEqual(['z', 'a', 'm'])
+    })
+
+    it('does not mutate original array', () => {
+      const items = [createItem('z'), createItem('a')]
+      const result = defaultSorter({ items })
+      expect(result).not.toBe(items)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('A-Z sorter', () => {
+    const azSorter = sortOptions.find((o) => o.id === 'a-z')!.sorter
+
+    it('sorts items alphabetically by name', () => {
+      const items = [
+        createItem('cherry'),
+        createItem('apple'),
+        createItem('banana')
+      ]
+      const result = azSorter({ items })
+      expect(result.map((i) => i.name)).toEqual(['apple', 'banana', 'cherry'])
+    })
+
+    it('sorts items alphabetically by label when available', () => {
+      const items = [
+        createItem('file_c.png', 'Cherry'),
+        createItem('file_a.png', 'Apple'),
+        createItem('file_b.png', 'Banana')
+      ]
+      const result = azSorter({ items })
+      expect(result.map((i) => i.name)).toEqual([
+        'file_a.png',
+        'file_b.png',
+        'file_c.png'
+      ])
+    })
+
+    it('uses natural sort for numeric values', () => {
+      const items = [
+        createItem('img_10.png'),
+        createItem('img_2.png'),
+        createItem('img_1.png'),
+        createItem('img_20.png')
+      ]
+      const result = azSorter({ items })
+      expect(result.map((i) => i.name)).toEqual([
+        'img_1.png',
+        'img_2.png',
+        'img_10.png',
+        'img_20.png'
+      ])
+    })
+
+    it('is case-insensitive', () => {
+      const items = [
+        createItem('Banana'),
+        createItem('apple'),
+        createItem('CHERRY')
+      ]
+      const result = azSorter({ items })
+      expect(result.map((i) => i.name)).toEqual(['apple', 'Banana', 'CHERRY'])
+    })
+
+    it('falls back to name when label is undefined', () => {
+      const items = [
+        createItem('z_file.png', 'Alpha'),
+        createItem('a_file.png'),
+        createItem('m_file.png', 'Beta')
+      ]
+      const result = azSorter({ items })
+      // 'a_file.png' (no label, uses name), 'Alpha', 'Beta'
+      expect(result.map((i) => i.name)).toEqual([
+        'a_file.png',
+        'z_file.png',
+        'm_file.png'
+      ])
+    })
+
+    it('does not mutate original array', () => {
+      const items = [createItem('z'), createItem('a')]
+      const result = azSorter({ items })
+      expect(result).not.toBe(items)
+      expect(items[0].name).toBe('z')
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/components/form/dropdown/shared.ts b/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/components/form/dropdown/shared.ts
index 1c8efeac7..f7dc48125 100644
--- a/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/components/form/dropdown/shared.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/components/form/dropdown/shared.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ export function getDefaultSortOptions(): SortOption[] {
       id: 'a-z',
       sorter: ({ items }) =>
         items.slice().sort((a, b) => {
-          return a.name.localeCompare(b.name)
+          const aLabel = a.label ?? a.name
+          const bLabel = b.label ?? b.name
+          return aLabel.localeCompare(bLabel, undefined, {
+            numeric: true,
+            sensitivity: 'base'
+          })
         })
     }
   ]