The items are titled and displayed in this alphabetical order:
9x6x18"
9x6x6"

I assume this is because the "1" in "18" is less the the "6" in the 2nd item.

I need them to be in order numerically. So 6" is less than 18".
It needs to be in this order:
9x6x6"
9x6x18"


There are hundreds of items with these numeric titles so manual ordering is not the preferred method.
How do I get this to work?

I assume this is the typical number ordering issue.
It should be 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11

But k2 is putting it in 1,10,11,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

The items are searchable by their exact numeric title so I can NOT put a "0" in front of the first 9 numbers.

Hi. You need to hack the SQL query to acieve this.

Ok. How do I do that?

It's not that easy, you need to know SQL. The title field is a character field and the sorting is performed alphabetically, not by value. You need to cast the title to an integer value in your query and then sort by this. You can also make a Google search for "MySQL natural sorting" to see what are the workarounds.

I have researched and this is over my head.

Is there a feature request system for having another sorting option for "natural sorting"?

Sorry its been so long but this problem has reared its head again because the search module does not like my k2 item title solution.

Anyways, is it possible to add an "Item Ordering" by "Title Alias - alphabetical" in the "Category item layout"?