future-plans: component IDs in dropdowns, user-assignable short IDs

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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### Improvements ### Improvements
#### Component IDs in dropdowns and lists
The component selector dropdown (e.g. in the inventory entry dialog) only shows the
display name, which is ambiguous when multiple components share a name. Should also
show the component ID. Ties in with the question of whether components should have
user-assignable short IDs (like a part number or internal ref) rather than the
current auto-generated timestamp+random strings. A short sequential or user-defined
ID would be far more readable in dropdowns, exports, and URLs.
#### Component list sorted by display name #### Component list sorted by display name
The component left pane list is currently sorted by base name. It should sort by The component left pane list is currently sorted by base name. It should sort by
display name (i.e. the formatter output) so the list order matches what the user display name (i.e. the formatter output) so the list order matches what the user