diff --git a/src/controller/explorer/folderTree.tsx b/src/controller/explorer/folderTree.tsx
index 9ddfa4307..35171b943 100644
--- a/src/controller/explorer/folderTree.tsx
+++ b/src/controller/explorer/folderTree.tsx
@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ export class FolderTreeController
         const folderTreeState = this.folderTreeService.getState();
         const { data, current } = folderTreeState?.folderTree || {};
         // The current selected node id or the first root node
-        const nodeId = current?.id || data?.[0]?.id;
+        const nodeId =
+            typeof current?.id === 'undefined' ? data?.[0]?.id : current?.id;
+
         this.emit(FolderTreeEvent.onCreate, type, nodeId);
     };
 
diff --git a/src/services/workbench/__tests__/folderTreeService.test.ts b/src/services/workbench/__tests__/folderTreeService.test.ts
index 9252f1ed4..7829e7e99 100644
--- a/src/services/workbench/__tests__/folderTreeService.test.ts
+++ b/src/services/workbench/__tests__/folderTreeService.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { container } from 'tsyringe';
 import {
     FileTypes,
     IFolderTreeNodeProps,
+    TreeNodeModel,
 } from 'mo/model/workbench/explorer/folderTree';
 import { expectFnCalled, expectLoggerErrorToBeCalled } from '@test/utils';
 
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import {
     FolderTreeService,
 } from '../explorer/folderTreeService';
 import { FolderTreeEvent } from 'mo/model/workbench/explorer/folderTree';
+import { randomId } from 'mo/common/utils';
 
 const TEST_ID = 'test-id';
 
@@ -135,6 +137,53 @@ describe('Test StatusBarService', () => {
         expect(folderTreeService.get(mockTreeData.id)?.name).toBe(TEST_ID);
     });
 
+    test('Should insert a  file or a folder in a sorted way', () => {
+        const mockRootTree = new TreeNodeModel({
+            id: randomId(),
+            name: 'molecule_temp',
+            fileType: FileTypes.RootFolder,
+        });
+        folderTreeService.add(mockRootTree);
+        const mockFolder = new TreeNodeModel({
+            id: randomId(),
+            name: 'mock_folder',
+            fileType: FileTypes.Folder,
+            isLeaf: false,
+        });
+        folderTreeService.add(mockFolder, mockRootTree.id);
+        let rootFolder = folderTreeService.get(mockRootTree.id)!;
+
+        expect(rootFolder.children).toHaveLength(1);
+
+        const anotherMockFolder = new TreeNodeModel({
+            id: randomId(),
+            name: 'another_mock_folder',
+            fileType: FileTypes.Folder,
+            isLeaf: false,
+        });
+        folderTreeService.add(anotherMockFolder, mockRootTree.id);
+        rootFolder = folderTreeService.get(mockRootTree.id)!;
+
+        expect(rootFolder.children).toHaveLength(2);
+        expect(rootFolder.children).toEqual([anotherMockFolder, mockFolder]);
+
+        const mockFile = new TreeNodeModel({
+            id: randomId(),
+            name: 'mock_file',
+            fileType: FileTypes.File,
+            isLeaf: true,
+        });
+        folderTreeService.add(mockFile, mockRootTree.id);
+        rootFolder = folderTreeService.get(mockRootTree.id)!;
+
+        expect(rootFolder.children).toHaveLength(3);
+        expect(rootFolder.children).toEqual([
+            anotherMockFolder,
+            mockFolder,
+            mockFile,
+        ]);
+    });
+
     test('Should NOT add root folder when there is a root folder', () => {
         const mockRootTree: IFolderTreeNodeProps = {
             id: '0',
diff --git a/src/services/workbench/explorer/folderTreeService.ts b/src/services/workbench/explorer/folderTreeService.ts
index 72a81c888..d7b5c6be9 100644
--- a/src/services/workbench/explorer/folderTreeService.ts
+++ b/src/services/workbench/explorer/folderTreeService.ts
@@ -257,6 +257,23 @@ export class FolderTreeService
         };
     }
 
+    // Get the position of file by type
+    // We considered by default that the list is sorted in fileType
+    private getPosOfType(
+        type: keyof typeof FileTypes,
+        folderList: IFolderTreeNodeProps[]
+    ) {
+        if (!folderList.length) return 0;
+        if (type === FileTypes.Folder || type === FileTypes.RootFolder) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        // find the first file type
+        const index = folderList.findIndex(
+            (list) => list.fileType === FileTypes.File
+        );
+        return index === -1 ? folderList.length : index;
+    }
+
     public add(data: IFolderTreeNodeProps, id?: UniqueId): void {
         const isRootFolder = data.fileType === 'RootFolder';
 
@@ -284,10 +301,20 @@ export class FolderTreeService
                     /(?<=\/)[^\/]+$/,
                     `${data.name}`
                 ) || '';
-            tree!.prepend(data, currentIndex.parent!);
+
+            const parentNode = tree!.getNode(currentIndex.parent!)!;
+            const pos = this.getPosOfType(
+                data.fileType!,
+                parentNode.children || []
+            );
+            tree!.insertNode(data, currentIndex.parent!, pos);
         } else {
             this.setCurrentFolderLocation(data, id);
-            tree!.append(data, id);
+            const pos = this.getPosOfType(
+                data.fileType!,
+                currentIndex.node.children || []
+            );
+            tree?.insertNode(data, currentIndex.id, pos);
         }
 
         cloneData[index] = tree!.obj;
diff --git a/src/workbench/sidebar/explore/style.scss b/src/workbench/sidebar/explore/style.scss
index f99a6b065..06a4cd3cb 100644
--- a/src/workbench/sidebar/explore/style.scss
+++ b/src/workbench/sidebar/explore/style.scss
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 }
 
 #{$folderTree} {
-    height: 100%;
+    min-height: 100%;
+    padding-bottom: 22px;
 
     &--editable {
         background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);