ITunes Sorting Issue - By numbers? (not "track numbers")

How can I get iTunes to sort using the defaulted numbers in List View. The header cannot be clicked in List View, but can in Grid View. Is there any way it can be clicked or tricked into sorting using them? It's very handy. Thanks.

If you click on any column header, it will sort the entire library in numerical or alphabetical order based on the listing of whatever column header has been clicked on.
So if you click on "Name", you will get:
2 Minutes To Midnight - Iron Maiden - 9 of 16
8 Mile Road - Grant Lee Buffalo - 9 of 14
A Bad Night - Cat Stevens - 19 of 19
Badlands - Bruce Springsteen - 1 of 10
Classico - Tenacious D - 2 of 15
etc.
If you click on "Artist" then the exact same Library will be re-ordered as:
Badlands - Bruce Springsteen - 1 of 10
A Bad Night - Cat Stevens - 19 of 19
8 Mile Road - Grant Lee Buffalo - 9 of 14
2 Minutes To Midnight - Iron Maiden - 9 of 16
Classico - Tenacious D - 2 of 15
etc.
By default, iTunes should be recognising the "Artist" column as the main sorting definer, with album track numbers being the secondary sorting consideration within artists.
If for some reason your sorting order has fallen foul of this, then to get it back on track, firstclick on the "Track #" header, to sort your songs by track number: 1 of 10, 2 of 10, 3 of 10, etc. and then click on "Artist".
This should get it back to how you want it.
If this [still] isn't working for you, then you need to perhaps check that your songs are tagged correctly. Make sure that all tracks from the same album all have the track numbers filled in, in both the first and second fields in the "Track Number" spaces, ie: X of X.

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