"Cargo empty" and "Cargo full" would place the conditions at the top of the list as well with CA being first alphabetically, without adding extra visual noise.

You're right, I'll update it later

I had a request for a different language localization and realized your suggestion won't work for other languages where the first word from that line won't be alphabetically first so I'll have to leave '> <' to make the change consistent across different versions.

If you want to make the change for yourself, I can quickly explain how to do the edit (and stop the mod from updating to new versions), it's very easy.

Ah, good point! Maybe a config would be best but I've no idea how much effort it is. May poke around with modding when I've got some time so dw about explaining, would be a good exercise to figure it out, and it's nbd.

I've made a suggestion thread for the base game as well:
https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?t=128292

Maybe a config would be best but I've no idea how much effort it is

I don't think it's currently possible for mods to make settings options for changes that are made to localized lines of text. It's easy to implement those to "conventional mods" but here there's no code interaction with these ones, the game just automatically swaps a line you give it and that's it, you have no control over which and when.

Btw, are you using some custom graphics for elevated rails on your screenshot in that thread you linked? They look quite different. Is that a mod? Can you share a link to it?

Btw, are you using some custom graphics for elevated rails on your screenshot in that thread you linked? They look quite different. Is that a mod? Can you share a link to it?

Ofc, here :)
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/elevated-rails-recolor

Is this list actually sorted by the localized string, or is it sorted by the internal API constant name (which is in English)?

I think the game sorts the list automatically by the name that the localized string provides (or it's replacement)