diff --git a/frontend/src/components/dir-view-mode/dir-column-nav/index.js b/frontend/src/components/dir-view-mode/dir-column-nav/index.js
index 582b4ea60c..a6bdb533c4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/dir-view-mode/dir-column-nav/index.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/dir-view-mode/dir-column-nav/index.js
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ const propTypes = {
   getMenuContainerSize: PropTypes.func,
   updateDirent: PropTypes.func,
   updateTreeNode: PropTypes.func,
-  updateRepoInfo: PropTypes.func
+  updateRepoInfo: PropTypes.func,
+  sortTreeNode: PropTypes.func,
 };
 
 class DirColumnNav extends React.Component {
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ class DirColumnNav extends React.Component {
               onItemsMove={this.props.onItemsMove}
               updateDirent={this.props.updateDirent}
               updateTreeNode={this.props.updateTreeNode}
+              sortTreeNode={this.props.sortTreeNode}
             />
             <DirViews repoID={repoID} currentPath={currentPath} userPerm={userPerm} currentRepoInfo={currentRepoInfo} />
             <DirTags repoID={repoID} currentPath={currentPath} userPerm={userPerm} currentRepoInfo={currentRepoInfo} />
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/dir-view-mode/dir-column-view.js b/frontend/src/components/dir-view-mode/dir-column-view.js
index ac179188f2..bbb4cbf0ad 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/dir-view-mode/dir-column-view.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/dir-view-mode/dir-column-view.js
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ const propTypes = {
   updateCurrentPath: PropTypes.func,
   toggleShowDirentToolbar: PropTypes.func,
   updateTreeNode: PropTypes.func,
-  updateRepoInfo: PropTypes.func
+  updateRepoInfo: PropTypes.func,
+  sortTreeNode: PropTypes.func,
 };
 
 class DirColumnView extends React.Component {
@@ -177,6 +178,7 @@ class DirColumnView extends React.Component {
               direntList={this.props.direntList}
               updateDirent={this.props.updateDirent}
               updateTreeNode={this.props.updateTreeNode}
+              sortTreeNode={this.props.sortTreeNode}
             />
             <ResizeBar
               resizeBarRef={this.resizeBarRef}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/dir-view-mode/dir-files.js b/frontend/src/components/dir-view-mode/dir-files.js
index 0af977fc92..23d56f9b80 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/dir-view-mode/dir-files.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/dir-view-mode/dir-files.js
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import cookie from 'react-cookies';
 import TreeView from '../tree-view/tree-view';
 import ModalPortal from '../modal-portal';
 import ImageDialog from '../dialog/image-dialog';
 import toaster from '../toast';
 import ItemDropdownMenu from '../dropdown-menu/item-dropdown-menu';
-import { fileServerRoot, gettext, siteRoot, thumbnailSizeForOriginal, thumbnailDefaultSize } from '../../utils/constants';
+import { fileServerRoot, gettext, siteRoot, thumbnailSizeForOriginal, thumbnailDefaultSize, SF_DIRECTORY_TREE_SORT_BY_KEY, SF_DIRECTORY_TREE_SORT_ORDER_KEY } from '../../utils/constants';
 import { isMobile, Utils } from '../../utils/utils';
 import TextTranslation from '../../utils/text-translation';
 import TreeSection from '../tree-section';
@@ -31,6 +32,12 @@ const propTypes = {
   onItemMove: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   onItemsMove: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   updateDirent: PropTypes.func,
+  sortTreeNode: PropTypes.func,
+};
+
+const SORT_KEY_MAP = {
+  'name-asc': TextTranslation.ASCENDING_BY_NAME.key,
+  'name-desc': TextTranslation.DESCENDING_BY_NAME.key,
 };
 
 class DirFiles extends React.Component {
@@ -46,12 +53,20 @@ class DirFiles extends React.Component {
       imageIndex: 0,
       operationList: [],
       isDisplayFiles: localStorage.getItem('sf_display_files') === 'true' || false,
+      sortKey: TextTranslation.ASCENDING_BY_NAME.key,
     };
     this.isNodeMenuShow = true;
     this.imageItemsSnapshot = [];
     this.imageIndexSnapshot = 0;
   }
 
+  componentDidMount() {
+    const sortBy = cookie.load(SF_DIRECTORY_TREE_SORT_BY_KEY) || 'name';
+    const sortOrder = cookie.load(SF_DIRECTORY_TREE_SORT_ORDER_KEY) || 'asc';
+    const sortKey = SORT_KEY_MAP[`${sortBy}-${sortOrder}`];
+    this.setState({ sortKey });
+  }
+
   componentDidUpdate(prevProps) {
     if (prevProps.direntList.length < this.props.direntList.length && this.state.isNodeImagePopupOpen) {
       if (this.state.imageNodeItems.length === 0) {
@@ -73,6 +88,7 @@ class DirFiles extends React.Component {
 
   getMenuList = () => {
     const { userPerm } = this.props;
+    const { sortKey } = this.state;
     const list = [];
     if (userPerm == 'rw') {
       list.push(
@@ -80,7 +96,10 @@ class DirFiles extends React.Component {
         TextTranslation.NEW_FILE
       );
     }
-    list.push(TextTranslation.DISPLAY_FILES);
+    list.push({ ...TextTranslation.DISPLAY_FILES, tick: this.state.isDisplayFiles });
+    list.push('Divider');
+    list.push({ ...TextTranslation.ASCENDING_BY_NAME, tick: sortKey === TextTranslation.ASCENDING_BY_NAME.key });
+    list.push({ ...TextTranslation.DESCENDING_BY_NAME, tick: sortKey === TextTranslation.DESCENDING_BY_NAME.key });
     return list;
   };
 
@@ -142,6 +161,16 @@ class DirFiles extends React.Component {
       case 'Display files':
         this.onDisplayFilesToggle();
         break;
+      case 'Ascending by name': {
+        this.props.sortTreeNode('name', 'asc');
+        this.setState({ sortKey: TextTranslation.ASCENDING_BY_NAME.key });
+        break;
+      }
+      case 'Descending by name': {
+        this.props.sortTreeNode('name', 'desc');
+        this.setState({ sortKey: TextTranslation.DESCENDING_BY_NAME.key });
+        break;
+      }
     }
   };
 
@@ -306,7 +335,6 @@ class DirFiles extends React.Component {
           item={{ name: 'files' }}
           toggleClass="sf3-font sf3-font-more"
           menuStyle={isMobile ? { zIndex: 1050 } : {}}
-          isDisplayFiles={this.state.isDisplayFiles}
           getMenuList={this.getMenuList}
           onMenuItemClick={this.onMoreOperationClick}
         />
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/dropdown-menu/item-dropdown-menu.js b/frontend/src/components/dropdown-menu/item-dropdown-menu.js
index 17eda13c3a..7b624d8ca5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/dropdown-menu/item-dropdown-menu.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/dropdown-menu/item-dropdown-menu.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import classnames from 'classnames';
 import { Dropdown, DropdownMenu, DropdownToggle, DropdownItem } from 'reactstrap';
 import listener from '../context-menu/globalEventListener';
 import { gettext } from '../../utils/constants';
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ const propTypes = {
   freezeItem: PropTypes.func,
   unfreezeItem: PropTypes.func,
   menuStyle: PropTypes.object,
-  isDisplayFiles: PropTypes.bool,
 };
 
 class ItemDropdownMenu extends React.Component {
@@ -279,16 +277,13 @@ class ItemDropdownMenu extends React.Component {
                 return (
                   <DropdownItem
                     key={index}
-                    className={classnames({
-                      'pl-5': this.props.isDisplayFiles != undefined,
-                      'position-relative': this.props.isDisplayFiles
-                    })}
+                    className="position-relative pl-5"
                     data-toggle={menuItem.key}
                     onClick={this.onMenuItemClick}
                     onKeyDown={this.onMenuItemKeyDown}
                     onMouseMove={this.onDropDownMouseMove}
                   >
-                    {menuItem.key === 'Display files' && this.props.isDisplayFiles && (
+                    {menuItem.tick && (
                       <i className="dropdown-item-tick sf2-icon-tick"></i>
                     )}
                     {menuItem.icon_dom || null}
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/lib-content-view/lib-content-view.js b/frontend/src/pages/lib-content-view/lib-content-view.js
index 34067c9cf4..c778f3ab97 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/lib-content-view/lib-content-view.js
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/lib-content-view/lib-content-view.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { Modal } from 'reactstrap';
 import { navigate } from '@gatsbyjs/reach-router';
 import { DndProvider } from 'react-dnd';
 import { HTML5Backend } from 'react-dnd-html5-backend';
-import { gettext, siteRoot, username } from '../../utils/constants';
+import { gettext, SF_DIRECTORY_TREE_SORT_BY_KEY, SF_DIRECTORY_TREE_SORT_ORDER_KEY, siteRoot, username } from '../../utils/constants';
 import { seafileAPI } from '../../utils/seafile-api';
 import { Utils } from '../../utils/utils';
 import { Dirent, FileTag, RepoTag, RepoInfo } from '../../models';
@@ -2095,7 +2095,9 @@ class LibContentView extends React.Component {
     let direntList = list.map(item => {
       return new Dirent(item);
     });
-    direntList = Utils.sortDirents(direntList, this.state.sortBy, this.state.sortOrder);
+    const sortBy = cookie.load(SF_DIRECTORY_TREE_SORT_BY_KEY) || 'name';
+    const sortOrder = cookie.load(SF_DIRECTORY_TREE_SORT_ORDER_KEY) || 'asc';
+    direntList = Utils.sortDirents(direntList, sortBy, sortOrder);
 
     let nodeList = direntList.map(object => {
       return new TreeNode({ object });
@@ -2186,11 +2188,18 @@ class LibContentView extends React.Component {
     cookie.save('seafile-repo-dir-sort-order', sortOrder);
 
     const sortedDirentList = Utils.sortDirents(this.state.direntList, sortBy, sortOrder);
-    const sortedTreeData = treeHelper.sortTreeNodes(this.state.treeData, sortBy, sortOrder);
     this.setState({
       sortBy: sortBy,
       sortOrder: sortOrder,
       direntList: sortedDirentList,
+    });
+  };
+
+  sortTreeNode = (sortBy, sortOrder) => {
+    cookie.save(SF_DIRECTORY_TREE_SORT_BY_KEY, sortBy);
+    cookie.save(SF_DIRECTORY_TREE_SORT_ORDER_KEY, sortOrder);
+    const sortedTreeData = treeHelper.sortTreeNodes(this.state.treeData, sortBy, sortOrder);
+    this.setState({
       treeData: sortedTreeData,
     });
   };
@@ -2551,6 +2560,7 @@ class LibContentView extends React.Component {
                           updateCurrentPath={this.updatePath}
                           toggleShowDirentToolbar={this.toggleShowDirentToolbar}
                           updateTreeNode={this.updateTreeNode}
+                          sortTreeNode={this.sortTreeNode}
                         />
                         :
                         <div className="message err-tip">{gettext('Folder does not exist.')}</div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/constants.js b/frontend/src/utils/constants.js
index 357dacd8f6..f2dcda7803 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/constants.js
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/constants.js
@@ -233,3 +233,6 @@ export const MimetypesKind = {
 export const LARGE_DIALOG_STYLE = { maxWidth: '980px' };
 
 export const SF_COLOR_MODE = 'sf_color_mode';
+
+export const SF_DIRECTORY_TREE_SORT_BY_KEY = 'sf_directory_tree_sort_by';
+export const SF_DIRECTORY_TREE_SORT_ORDER_KEY = 'sf_directory_tree_sort_order';
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/text-translation.js b/frontend/src/utils/text-translation.js
index c02c8286fb..c99466d2ef 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/text-translation.js
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/text-translation.js
@@ -278,6 +278,16 @@ const TextTranslation = {
     key: 'New child tag',
     value: gettext('New child tag'),
   },
+
+  // directory op
+  ASCENDING_BY_NAME: {
+    key: 'Ascending by name',
+    value: gettext('Ascending by name'),
+  },
+  DESCENDING_BY_NAME: {
+    key: 'Descending by name',
+    value: gettext('Descending by name'),
+  },
 };
 
 export default TextTranslation;