Preview shows wrong line order for XML file

[tollfree]

Hi there,

I’m writing to share some observations about the behavior of the preview window when viewing a .plist file that clearly contains XML format.
I made a simple change to the file by setting the KeepAlive key to false. As you can see, this key is located at the end of the file.
However, after editing the file, the preview window now displays this key at the beginning of the file.
I’m curious to know if this is a bug or if there’s a specific reason for this behavior.

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[sbarex]

.plist files are preprocessed with the plutil system utility to convert their binary format to text for processing (even if the original file is already text-based). This may be the cause of the different order of the elements.