From 7ef3ffadf6ef1a587c76a7a2cbd95fe3df8e9d03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: moklick <info@moritzklack.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 17:15:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] chore(rootIndex): start with 1

---
 packages/system/src/utils/store.ts | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/system/src/utils/store.ts b/packages/system/src/utils/store.ts
index b9049bc0..de75804f 100644
--- a/packages/system/src/utils/store.ts
+++ b/packages/system/src/utils/store.ts
@@ -128,12 +128,11 @@ export function adoptUserNodes<NodeType extends NodeBase>(
   options: UpdateNodesOptions<NodeType> = {}
 ): boolean {
   const _options = mergeObjects(adoptUserNodesDefaultOptions, options);
-
-  const rootParentIndex = { i: -1 };
-  let nodesInitialized = nodes.length > 0;
+  const rootParentIndex = { i: 0 };
   const tmpLookup = new Map(nodeLookup);
   const selectedNodeZ: number =
     _options?.elevateNodesOnSelect && !isManualZIndexMode(_options.zIndexMode) ? SELECTED_NODE_Z : 0;
+  let nodesInitialized = nodes.length > 0;
 
   nodeLookup.clear();
   parentLookup.clear();