Finder file arrangement

I know there are differece way of catogorizing the file structure in finder, but I use the colum view mostly. Now I want the files seperated from the folder, this works when you use "kind" but it just never gets in alpabetically order. when I do by name, sure. but then my folders are between my files. This was the issue with 10.6.x and still is with 10.7.1... why o why?

There is an Arrangemnt order and a Sort order. The same button/menu controls both.
To get to the Sort option, hold down the option (alt) key.
So, first set arrangement by Kind, then set the Sort by Name.

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