Ordering albums within folders

When I drag albums within folders sometimes they go to where I want them, sometimes they just snap back to the top of the list. From other fora this seems to be a definite bug.
1) Anybody know otherwise?
2) There used to be an option to report bugs it's not leaping out at me today.
Any anydeas anyone?
cheers
d.

Thanks Frank
It's ticked 'Manual'. But you got me thinking. So I ticked by 'Kind' - just to force it to toggle - and then rearranged manually. It's behaving itself now and I can move things where I want.
Thanks muchly!
d.

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