Index: typo3/alt_db_navframe.php
===================================================================
--- typo3/alt_db_navframe.php	(revision 6849)
+++ typo3/alt_db_navframe.php	(working copy)
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@
 		$this->pagetree->addField('nav_hide');
 		$this->pagetree->addField('nav_title');
 		$this->pagetree->addField('url');
+		$this->pagetree->mountSortField = $BE_USER->getTSConfigVal('options.pageTree.mountSortField');
 
 			// Temporary DB mounts:
 		$this->initializeTemporaryDBmount();
@@ -212,9 +213,9 @@
 			$flashText = '
 				<a href="' . htmlspecialchars(t3lib_div::linkThisScript(array('setTempDBmount' => 0))) . '">' .
 				$LANG->sl('LLL:EXT:lang/locallang_core.xml:labels.temporaryDBmount',1) .
-				'</a>		<br />' . 
+				'</a>		<br />' .
 				$LANG->sl('LLL:EXT:lang/locallang_core.xml:labels.path',1) . ': <span title="' .
-				htmlspecialchars($this->active_tempMountPoint['_thePathFull']) . '">' . 
+				htmlspecialchars($this->active_tempMountPoint['_thePathFull']) . '">' .
 				htmlspecialchars(t3lib_div::fixed_lgd_cs($this->active_tempMountPoint['_thePath'],-50)).
 				'</span>
 			';
@@ -226,7 +227,7 @@
 				t3lib_FlashMessage::INFO
 			);
 
-		
+
 			$this->content.= $flashMessage->render();
 		}
 
Index: typo3/class.webpagetree.php
===================================================================
--- typo3/class.webpagetree.php	(revision 6849)
+++ typo3/class.webpagetree.php	(working copy)
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@
 	var $ext_alphasortNotinmenuPages;
 	var $ajaxStatus = false; // Indicates, whether the ajax call was successful, i.e. the requested page has been found
 
+	public $mountSortField;
+
 	/**
 	 * Calls init functions
 	 *
@@ -342,6 +344,7 @@
 			// Init done:
 		$titleLen = intval($this->BE_USER->uc['titleLen']);
 		$treeArr = array();
+		$mountSortField = $this->mountSortField ? $this->mountSortField : 'crdate';
 
 			// Traverse mounts:
 		foreach($this->MOUNTS as $idx => $uid)  {
@@ -375,7 +378,7 @@
 				$uid = $rootRec['uid'];
 
 					// Add the root of the mount to ->tree
-				$this->tree[] = array('HTML'=>$firstHtml, 'row'=>$rootRec, 'bank'=>$this->bank, 'hasSub'=>true, 'invertedDepth'=>1000);
+				$this->tree[$rootRec[$mountSortField]] = array('HTML'=>$firstHtml, 'row'=>$rootRec, 'bank'=>$this->bank, 'hasSub'=>true, 'invertedDepth'=>1000);
 
 					// If the mount is expanded, go down:
 				if ($isOpen)	{
@@ -384,6 +387,7 @@
 					$this->getTree($uid, 999, '', $rootRec['_SUBCSSCLASS']);
 				}
 					// Add tree:
+				ksort($treeArr);
 				$treeArr=array_merge($treeArr,$this->tree);
 			}
 		}