I don't see how this works for anything but the Applications folder. (Apparently the Applications folder uses alphabetical order to show the Stacks icon.)

However, from my test, Downloads and Documents looks at the latest creation date -- thus assigning an icon with a name like "AAA" or " " does no good the moment another file is placed in the folder.

The only solution I can think of (short of firebombing Apple for their UTTER stupidity) is to have an Automator action that watches for a new file dropped in the Downloads folder or Documents folder. The moment a new file is added, Automator changes the creation date on your designated icon to effectively trump the new addition.

I don't know, but this aggravates the heck out of me. Somebody at Apple prefers eye candy to productivity.

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I don't know, but this aggravates the heck out of me. Somebody at Apple prefers eye candy to productivity. LOL! Ya think! I've been a Mac guy for around a decade and wouldn't change to a PC for anything but... Apple continues over the years to make the stupid reversal of the Design 101 rule that Form-Follows-Function and often ends up with Function-Follows-Form because someone (Stevie?) thinks it's prettier. Hello Steve? Enough already with pretty when it slows us designer/artists down. And how-'bout those 'nifty' retro OS 7 folder icons. Retro's in... long live retro! Pewey!

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It uses whatever setting you select in the "Sort by" menu. If you want to sort any stack by name instead of date, right-click choose Sort By > Name from the menu. This also makes it use the first (alphebetical) icon for the stack.

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@ coolsoldier

I see. Thanks for pointing out to me the sort by feature.

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