diff --git a/tracks/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/tracks/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index cae0a7d2..a72d6581 100644
--- a/tracks/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/tracks/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
     redirect_to :action => 'index'
   end
   
+  def alphabetize
+    @state = params['state']
+    @projects = @user.projects.alphabetize(:state => @state) if @state
+  end
+  
   protected
     
     def render_projects_html
diff --git a/tracks/app/models/user.rb b/tracks/app/models/user.rb
index bb929327..22920265 100644
--- a/tracks/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/tracks/app/models/user.rb
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
                   project.cached_note_count = project_note_counts[project.id] || 0
                 end
               end
+              def alphabetize(scope_conditions = {})
+                projects = find(:all, :conditions => scope_conditions)
+                projects.sort!{ |x,y| x.name <=> y.name }
+                self.update_positions(projects.map{ |p| p.id })
+                return projects
+              end
             end
   has_many :todos,
            :order => 'completed_at DESC, todos.created_at DESC',
diff --git a/tracks/app/views/projects/_project_state_group.rhtml b/tracks/app/views/projects/_project_state_group.rhtml
index 6ec2cc18..9a82bb28 100644
--- a/tracks/app/views/projects/_project_state_group.rhtml
+++ b/tracks/app/views/projects/_project_state_group.rhtml
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 <div class="project-state-group" id="list-<%= state %>-projects-container" <%= " style=\"display:none\"" if project_state_group.empty? %>>
   <h2><span id="<%= state %>-projects-count" class="badge"><%= project_state_group.length %></span><%= state.titlecase %> Projects</h2>
+  <div class="alpha_sort">
+    <%= link_to("Sort Alphabetically", alphabetize_projects_path(:state => state),
+                 :class => "alphabetize_link", :title => "Sort these projects alphabetically") %>
+    <%  apply_behavior '.alphabetize_link:click', :prevent_default => true do |page|
+          page << "if (confirm('Are you sure that you want to sort these projects alphabetically? This will replace the existing sort order.')) {"
+          page << "  new Ajax.Request(this.href, { asynchronous : true, evalScripts : true, method : 'post' })"
+          page << "}"
+        end
+     %></div>
+  
   <div id="list-<%= state %>-projects">
     <%= render :partial => 'project_listing', :collection => project_state_group %>
   </div>
diff --git a/tracks/app/views/projects/alphabetize.rjs b/tracks/app/views/projects/alphabetize.rjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1522948d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tracks/app/views/projects/alphabetize.rjs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+page.replace_html "list-#{@state}-projects",
+                  :partial => 'project_listing',
+                  :collection => @projects
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tracks/config/routes.rb b/tracks/config/routes.rb
index f516d944..930526e6 100644
--- a/tracks/config/routes.rb
+++ b/tracks/config/routes.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
   end
 
   # Projects Routes
-  map.resources :projects, :collection => {:order => :post} do |projects|
+  map.resources :projects, :collection => {:order => :post, :alphabetize => :post} do |projects|
     projects.resources :todos, :name_prefix => "project_"
   end
 
diff --git a/tracks/public/stylesheets/standard.css b/tracks/public/stylesheets/standard.css
index 8274b3c3..8f022713 100644
--- a/tracks/public/stylesheets/standard.css
+++ b/tracks/public/stylesheets/standard.css
@@ -526,8 +526,15 @@ div.buttons, div.buttons a, div.buttons a:hover {
     }
 
 div#list-active-projects, div#list-hidden-projects, div#list-completed-projects, div#list-contexts, div#projects-empty-nd {
-    border: 1px solid #999;
+    clear:right;
+	border: 1px solid #999;
     }
+
+div.alpha_sort {
+	margin-top:-20px;
+	float:right;
+}
+
     
 .container td {
     border: none;
diff --git a/tracks/test/functional/projects_controller_test.rb b/tracks/test/functional/projects_controller_test.rb
index 81b077b8..c3aa0564 100644
--- a/tracks/test/functional/projects_controller_test.rb
+++ b/tracks/test/functional/projects_controller_test.rb
@@ -214,6 +214,31 @@ class ProjectsControllerTest < TodoContainerControllerTestBase
     get :index, { :format => "txt", :token => users(:admin_user).word }
     assert_response :ok
   end
+  
+  def test_alphabetize_sorts_active_projects_alphabetically
+    u = users(:admin_user)
+    @request.session['user_id'] = u.id
+    post :alphabetize, { :state => "active" }
+    assert_equal 1, projects(:timemachine).position 
+    assert_equal 2, projects(:gardenclean).position
+    assert_equal 3, projects(:moremoney).position 
+  end
+
+  def test_alphabetize_assigns_state
+    @request.session['user_id'] = users(:admin_user).id
+    post :alphabetize, { :state => "active" }
+    assert_equal "active", assigns['state']
+  end
+
+  def test_alphabetize_assigns_projects
+    @request.session['user_id'] = users(:admin_user).id
+    post :alphabetize, { :state => "active" }
+    exposed_projects = assigns['projects']
+    assert_equal 3, exposed_projects.length
+    assert_equal projects(:timemachine), exposed_projects[0]
+    assert_equal projects(:gardenclean), exposed_projects[1]
+    assert_equal projects(:moremoney), exposed_projects[2]
+  end
 
   private
   def show(project)
diff --git a/tracks/test/unit/user_test.rb b/tracks/test/unit/user_test.rb
index faaf74c2..387e3944 100644
--- a/tracks/test/unit/user_test.rb
+++ b/tracks/test/unit/user_test.rb
@@ -269,5 +269,14 @@ class UserTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     todos = @admin_user.completed_todos.completed_more_than(@admin_user.time - 1.day)
     assert_equal 1, todos.length
   end
+  
+  def test_sort_active_projects_alphabetically
+    u = users(:admin_user)
+    u.projects.alphabetize(:state => "active")
+    assert_equal 1, projects(:timemachine).position 
+    assert_equal 2, projects(:gardenclean).position
+    assert_equal 3, projects(:moremoney).position 
+  end
+  
 
 end