Hi,
no, root level layers have no order, nor there is a way to specify it at
the moment.
I see that for WMS 1.3 the code tries to list groups first, and then normal
layers sorted by name, however the WMS 1.1 does not do the same.

Contributions to make it controllable welcomed:
https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/Successfully-requesting-and-integrating-new-features-and-improvements-in-GeoServer

Cheers
Andrea

On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 3:05 PM, Anton Bakker <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I am looking for solution where I can determine the order of the layers in
> the WMS capabilities document, without creating an additional layer element
> in the capabilities document.
>
> With the layergroup in CONTAINER mode it is possible to order the order of
> the layers in the WMS capabilities document, but this will create an
> additional layer element in the capabilities document like this:
>
>     <Layer>
>         <Title>GeoServer Web Map Service</Title>
>         <Layer> <!-- Layergroup Layer element -- >
>             <Abstract>Layergroup</Abstract>
>             <Layer/>
>             <Layer/>
>             <Layer/>
>         </Layer>
>     </Layer>
>
> Is it possible to control the order of the layers in the WMS capabilities
> document without adding this additional layergroup element to the
> capabilities document's layer tree? Like this:
>
>     <Layer>
>         <Title>GeoServer Web Map Service</Title>
>         <Layer/>
>         <Layer/>
>         <Layer/>
>     </Layer>
>
> I appreciate any ideas on this. Thanks!
>
> Kind regards,
> Anton Bakker
>
> software developer@geocat <http://www.geocat.net/>
> tel. +31 318 416 664 <+31%20318%20416%20664>
>
>
>
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