Moving Files in Folders in Finder

I'm running Leopard 10.6.8 on my MBP. I simply want re-arrange some files in a folder while in Finder. For example, a folders has four files in it that are not in order, say... 3,1,2,4,...,how can I move those files around so their 1,2,3,4,? Thanks

If you want it to be automatic, right click an empty space > Arrange By > select what is most appropriate.

Files are arranged in the Finder alphabetically by type (extension). In other words all files which are *.txt will be arranged: A.txt, B.txt, etc.

vansmith said:

If you want it to be automatic, right click an empty space > Arrange By > select what is most appropriate.

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And if you want to customize the order, select Show View Options instead. Then, for Arrange by, select Snap to Grid. This works for Icon View, which is what I use almost exclusively.

Thanks guys. I'm thinking more like when I was a Windows user I could click on a file, drag and drop it in between other files and have it stay there. Is that possible in Snow Leopard?

Really? Using Windows at work, I have to Refresh. At first, the file sits at the bottom of the list. I doubt if you can do what you describe in Snow Leopard. I just tried (using Leopard) and it did the same as at work, using Icon View.

Got it, thanks again.