diff --git a/apps/files/src/components/FilesNavigationList.spec.ts b/apps/files/src/components/FilesNavigationList.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d728a59f8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/files/src/components/FilesNavigationList.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*!
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+import { getNavigation, View } from '@nextcloud/files'
+import { enableAutoDestroy, shallowMount } from '@vue/test-utils'
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, test } from 'vitest'
+import { nextTick } from 'vue'
+import FilesNavigationList from './FilesNavigationList.vue'
+
+enableAutoDestroy(afterEach)
+
+describe('FilesNavigationList.vue', () => {
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		const navigation = getNavigation()
+		const views = [...navigation.views]
+		for (const view of views) {
+			navigation.remove(view.id)
+		}
+	})
+
+	test('views are added reactivly', async () => {
+		const navigation = getNavigation()
+		const view1 = new View({ getContents: () => Promise.reject(new Error()), icon: '<svg></svg>', id: 'view-1', name: 'My View 1', order: 1 })
+		const view2 = new View({ getContents: () => Promise.reject(new Error()), icon: '<svg></svg>', id: 'view-2', name: 'My View 2', order: 9 })
+
+		navigation.register(view1)
+
+		const wrapper = shallowMount(FilesNavigationList)
+		let items = wrapper.findAllComponents({ name: 'FilesNavigationListItem' })
+		expect(items).toHaveLength(1)
+		expect(items.at(0).props('view').id).toBe('view-1')
+
+		navigation.register(view2)
+		await nextTick()
+
+		items = wrapper.findAllComponents({ name: 'FilesNavigationListItem' })
+		expect(items).toHaveLength(2)
+		expect(items.at(0).props('view').id).toBe('view-1')
+		expect(items.at(1).props('view').id).toBe('view-2')
+	})
+
+	test('views are correctly sorted', () => {
+		const navigation = getNavigation()
+		const view1 = new View({ getContents: () => Promise.reject(new Error()), icon: '<svg></svg>', id: 'view-1', name: 'Z - first', order: 1 })
+		const view2 = new View({ getContents: () => Promise.reject(new Error()), icon: '<svg></svg>', id: 'view-2', name: 'A - last', order: 9 })
+
+		navigation.register(view2)
+		navigation.register(view1)
+
+		const wrapper = shallowMount(FilesNavigationList)
+		const items = wrapper.findAllComponents({ name: 'FilesNavigationListItem' })
+		expect(items).toHaveLength(2)
+		expect(items.at(0).props('view').id).toBe('view-1')
+		expect(items.at(1).props('view').id).toBe('view-2')
+	})
+
+	/**
+	 * Idea here is that there are two views:
+	 * - "100 second"
+	 * - "2 first"
+	 *
+	 * When sorting by string "10" would be before "2 " (because 1 is before 2),
+	 * but we want natural sorting so "2" is before "100" just like humans would expect.
+	 */
+	test('views without order property are correctly sorted using natural sort', () => {
+		const navigation = getNavigation()
+		const view1 = new View({ getContents: () => Promise.reject(new Error()), icon: '<svg></svg>', id: 'view-1', name: '2 first' })
+		const view2 = new View({ getContents: () => Promise.reject(new Error()), icon: '<svg></svg>', id: 'view-2', name: '100 second' })
+
+		navigation.register(view2)
+		navigation.register(view1)
+
+		const wrapper = shallowMount(FilesNavigationList)
+		const items = wrapper.findAllComponents({ name: 'FilesNavigationListItem' })
+		expect(items).toHaveLength(2)
+		expect(items.at(0).props('view').id).toBe('view-1')
+		expect(items.at(1).props('view').id).toBe('view-2')
+	})
+
+	test('views without order are always sorted behind views with order property', () => {
+		const navigation = getNavigation()
+		const view1 = new View({ getContents: () => Promise.reject(new Error()), icon: '<svg></svg>', id: 'view-1', name: '2 first', order: 0 })
+		const view2 = new View({ getContents: () => Promise.reject(new Error()), icon: '<svg></svg>', id: 'view-2', name: '1 second' })
+
+		navigation.register(view2)
+		navigation.register(view1)
+
+		const wrapper = shallowMount(FilesNavigationList)
+		const items = wrapper.findAllComponents({ name: 'FilesNavigationListItem' })
+		expect(items).toHaveLength(2)
+		expect(items.at(0).props('view').id).toBe('view-1')
+		expect(items.at(1).props('view').id).toBe('view-2')
+	})
+})
diff --git a/apps/files/src/components/FilesNavigationList.vue b/apps/files/src/components/FilesNavigationList.vue
index ec911e14366..ddf7ca7897d 100644
--- a/apps/files/src/components/FilesNavigationList.vue
+++ b/apps/files/src/components/FilesNavigationList.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-  - SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+  - SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
   - SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 -->
 
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ const collator = Intl.Collator(
  * @param b - second view
  */
 function sortViews(a: IView, b: IView): number {
-	if (a.order !== undefined && b.order === undefined) {
+	if (a.order !== undefined && b.order !== undefined) {
+		return a.order - b.order
+	} else if (a.order !== undefined && b.order === undefined) {
 		return -1
 	} else if (a.order === undefined && b.order !== undefined) {
 		return 1
diff --git a/apps/files/src/components/FilesNavigationListItem.vue b/apps/files/src/components/FilesNavigationListItem.vue
index 0eed07c64e4..a4bda51a191 100644
--- a/apps/files/src/components/FilesNavigationListItem.vue
+++ b/apps/files/src/components/FilesNavigationListItem.vue
@@ -21,16 +21,6 @@ const props = withDefaults(defineProps<{
 	level: 0,
 })
 
-/**
- * Load child views on mount if the view is expanded by default
- * but has no child views loaded yet.
- */
-onMounted(() => {
-	if (isExpanded.value && !hasChildViews.value) {
-		loadChildViews()
-	}
-})
-
 const maxLevel = 6 // Limit nesting to not exceed max call stack size
 const viewConfigStore = useViewConfigStore()
 const viewConfig = computed(() => viewConfigStore.viewConfigs[props.view.id])
@@ -84,6 +74,16 @@ const navigationRoute = computed(() => {
 const isLoading = ref(false)
 const childViewsLoaded = ref(false)
 
+/**
+ * Load child views on mount if the view is expanded by default
+ * but has no child views loaded yet.
+ */
+onMounted(() => {
+	if (isExpanded.value && !hasChildViews.value) {
+		loadChildViews()
+	}
+})
+
 /**
  * Handle expanding/collapsing the navigation item.
  *
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ const collator = Intl.Collator(
 	[getLanguage(), getCanonicalLocale()],
 	{ numeric: true, usage: 'sort' },
 )
+
+// TODO: Remove this with Vue 3 - the name is inferred by the filename!
+export default {
+	name: 'FilesNavigationListItem',
+}
 </script>
 
 <template>