diff --git a/app/views/projects/_project_state_group.rhtml b/app/views/projects/_project_state_group.rhtml
index c4a0f0b1..e5393399 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/_project_state_group.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/projects/_project_state_group.rhtml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <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="menu_sort">
   <div class="alpha_sort">
     <%= link_to("Sort Alphabetically", alphabetize_projects_path(:state => state),
                  :class => "alphabetize_link", :title => "Sort these projects alphabetically") %>
@@ -10,10 +11,8 @@
             page << remote_to_href(:complete => "alphaSort.stopWaiting()")
           end
         end
-     %></div>
-
-  <div class="tasks_sort">
-    <%= link_to("Sort By number of tasks", actionize_projects_path(:state => state),
+     %></div><span class="sort_separator">&nbsp;|&nbsp;</span><div class="tasks_sort">
+    <%= link_to("Sort by number of tasks", actionize_projects_path(:state => state),
                  :class => "actionize_link", :title => "Sort these projects by number of tasks") %>
     <%  apply_behavior '.actionize_link:click', :prevent_default => true do |page, element|
           page.confirming 'Are you sure that you want to sort these projects by the number of tasks? This will replace the existing sort order.' do
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@
           end
         end
      %></div>
+  </div>
   
   <div id="list-<%= state %>-projects" class="project-list">
     <%= render :partial => 'project_listing', :collection => project_state_group %>
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/standard.css b/public/stylesheets/standard.css
index 3b31fcd7..ea8f0dc5 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/standard.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/standard.css
@@ -692,11 +692,14 @@ div#list-active-projects, div#list-hidden-projects, div#list-completed-projects,
     margin:20px 0px 8px 13px
 }
 
-div.alpha_sort {
+div.menu_sort {
     margin-top:-20px;
     float:right;
 }
 
+div.alpha_sort, div.tasks_sort,span.sort_separator {
+    float:left;
+}
 
 .container td {
     border: none;