I'm not sure about your question, but there is an awesome add-on you can install called Advanced Filters that totally rocks!
It gives you little tabs so you can see all light armor or medium or just alchemy components or all racial craft items, etc. It is amazing and has made my banking, selling, and inventory management so much more efficient.
Above the list of items is the heading "NAME" in bold caps with a little arrow beside it. If the arrow is pointing up the items will be in alphabetical order, if the arrow is pointing down its reversed. You can change it by clicking the name heading.
You can also sort your items by value by clicking the "VALUE" heading.