Alphabetical sorting

There is alphabetical sorting available for enabled non-hierarchical post types, but not hierarchical types.

The reason primarily has to do with nesting and menu synchronization. If various sorting options were enabled for pages, it would be really easy to inadvertently reorder your entire menu with one click… I could see that being very confusing for users.

If you need to sort alphabetically, I would recommend selecting the “default pages” link (provided it’s not disabled under the nested pages settings), to sort using the default interface.