i hope ur not serious, everyone sets them up right to left and lights left to right (reverse order)
Not the Vilna Gaon. I think his reasoning is that the initial light is the Mitzvah and the rest are for Hiddur. The widespread Minhag treats all the lights as the Mitzvah and the order is based on Ma’alin Bakodesh.
I prepare the lights in the same order they are lit but I can’t say that it’s due to Minhag.