Reorder playlists in iTunes sidebar

Is there a way to reorder playlists in the iTunes sidebar? I'm not looking to reorder songs in a playlist, but the actual playlists. I thought I remember being able to do this in the past, but can't seem to do it with the latest version of iTunes (7.3.2).
Thanks in advance.

I do it the old fashioned way. I put non-alphabetic characters at the beginning of the playlist names. (What's really odd about this is, non-alphabetic characters in Track and Album titles are ignored in the iTunes library.)
You can also use folders to subdivide your playlists.

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I've got problems with copying playlists from iTunes to iPhone:
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When copying playlists from iTunes to iPhone, I encounter three problems
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- some songs do not copy
- And it gets stranger, in some cases the songs or playlists do actually copy, but are not visible in either Musc App or other Player Apps when on iPhone, BUT are vislble and playable when the iPhone is attached via cable to my computer. i.e. I can play those playlists / songs from my iPhone when whithin iTunes.
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http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/2181/itunesproblemdg9.png
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4527
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