My apologies, I didn't read your post quite carefully enough, and apparently you didn't read my earlier post quite carefully enough, either :-)
You need Edit->Sort->By Name, which will actually reorder the selected items. View->Sorting->Name just changes the View Bar settings, which only reorders the display, not the data. That's why the right hand side changes order, but the sidebar does not.
You need Edit->Sort->By Name, which will actually reorder the selected items. View->Sorting->Name just changes the View Bar settings, which only reorders the display, not the data. That's why the right hand side changes order, but the sidebar does not.