diff --git a/virtual-desktop/src/app/window-manager/mvd-window-manager/launchbar/shared/sort-array.ts b/virtual-desktop/src/app/window-manager/mvd-window-manager/launchbar/shared/sort-array.ts
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+/*
+  This program and the accompanying materials are
+  made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v2.0 which accompanies
+  this distribution, and is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v20.html
+
+  SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+
+  Copyright Contributors to the Zowe Project.
+*/
+
+import { Pipe, PipeTransform } from '@angular/core';
+
+@Pipe({
+  name: "sortBy"
+})
+export class SortArray implements PipeTransform {
+  transform(array: any[], attribute: string): any[] {
+    array.sort((a: any, b: any) => {
+      if (a[attribute] < b[attribute]) {
+        return -1;
+      } else if (a[attribute] > b[attribute]) {
+        return 1;
+      } else {
+        return 0;
+      }
+    });
+    return array;
+  }
+}