The "Sort" function is either entirely broken for me, or (hopefully, probably) I'm missing something really obvious. I have read that it is buggy, but I seem to be the only one who can't get it to do anything. I've read through this whole thread and tried things that other people have had success with, with no luck.
Anything other than an asterisk (*) in the "Sort" box results in the browser panel putting all the entries in a completely random order.
I don't really understand the coding well, but my browser format is currently set up to sort by album artist (to handle compilations by grouping them together) and place any leading "The" at the end of the artist name.
Format: $if($strcmp($left(%album artist%,4),The ),$right(%album artist%,$sub($len(%album artist%),4))', 'The,%album artist%)
But if I put anything at all in "Sort," it shuffles everything out of order in the Browser panel. I am making sure to refresh by shift+right-clicking in the Browser panel and reselecting my checked browser; all this does is mix up all the artists like I have described.