diff --git a/browser/components/places/content/places.xul b/browser/components/places/content/places.xul
index 8f0b813d1657..e7435ecd8b2c 100755
--- a/browser/components/places/content/places.xul
+++ b/browser/components/places/content/places.xul
@@ -451,37 +451,38 @@
             <tree id="placeContent" class="placesTree" context="placesContext" 
                   flex="1" type="places"
                   flatList="true"
+                  enableColumnDrag="true"
                   onkeypress="if (event.keyCode == KeyEvent.DOM_VK_RETURN) PlacesOrganizer.openSelectedNode(event);"
                   ondblclick="PlacesOrganizer.openSelectedNode(event);"
                   onopenflatcontainer="PlacesOrganizer.openFlatContainer(aContainer);"
                   onselect="PlacesOrganizer.onContentTreeSelect();"
                   onclick="PlacesOrganizer.onTreeClick(event);">
               <treecols id="placeContentColumns">
-                <treecol label="&col.name.label;" anonid="title" flex="5" primary="true" 
+                <treecol label="&col.name.label;" id="placesContentTitle" anonid="title" flex="5" primary="true" ordinal="1" 
                          persist="width hidden ordinal sortActive sortDirection"/>
                 <splitter class="tree-splitter"/>
-                <treecol label="&col.tags.label;" anonid="tags" flex="2"
+                <treecol label="&col.tags.label;" id="placesContentTags" anonid="tags" flex="2"
                          persist="width hidden ordinal sortActive sortDirection"/>
                 <splitter class="tree-splitter"/>
-                <treecol label="&col.url.label;" anonid="url" flex="5" 
+                <treecol label="&col.url.label;" id="placesContentUrl" anonid="url" flex="5"
                          persist="width hidden ordinal sortActive sortDirection"/>
                 <splitter class="tree-splitter"/>
-                <treecol label="&col.lastvisit.label;" anonid="date" flex="1" hidden="true"
+                <treecol label="&col.lastvisit.label;" id="placesContentDate" anonid="date" flex="1" hidden="true"
                          persist="width hidden ordinal sortActive sortDirection"/>
                 <splitter class="tree-splitter"/>
-                <treecol label="&col.visitcount.label;" anonid="visitCount" flex="1" hidden="true"
+                <treecol label="&col.visitcount.label;" id="placesContentVisitCount" anonid="visitCount" flex="1" hidden="true"
                          persist="width hidden ordinal sortActive sortDirection"/>
                 <splitter class="tree-splitter"/>
-                <treecol label="&col.keyword.label;" anonid="keyword" flex="1" hidden="true"
+                <treecol label="&col.keyword.label;" id="placesContentKeyword" anonid="keyword" flex="1" hidden="true"
                          persist="width hidden ordinal sortActive sortDirection"/>
                 <splitter class="tree-splitter"/>
-                <treecol label="&col.description.label;" anonid="description" flex="1" hidden="true"
+                <treecol label="&col.description.label;" id="placesContentDescription" anonid="description" flex="1" hidden="true"
                          persist="width hidden ordinal sortActive sortDirection"/>
                 <splitter class="tree-splitter"/>
-                <treecol label="&col.dateadded.label;" anonid="dateAdded" flex="1" hidden="true"
+                <treecol label="&col.dateadded.label;" id="placesContentDateAdded" anonid="dateAdded" flex="1" hidden="true"
                          persist="width hidden ordinal sortActive sortDirection"/>
                 <splitter class="tree-splitter"/>
-                <treecol label="&col.lastmodified.label;" anonid="lastModified" flex="1" hidden="true"
+                <treecol label="&col.lastmodified.label;" id="placesContentLastModified" anonid="lastModified" flex="1" hidden="true"
                          persist="width hidden ordinal sortActive sortDirection"/>
               </treecols>
               <treechildren flex="1"/>
diff --git a/browser/components/places/content/treeView.js b/browser/components/places/content/treeView.js
index 35632ef3343e..8522839a1baf 100644
--- a/browser/components/places/content/treeView.js
+++ b/browser/components/places/content/treeView.js
@@ -438,7 +438,8 @@ PlacesTreeView.prototype = {
   COLUMN_TYPE_TAGS: 9,
 
   _getColumnType: function PTV__getColumnType(aColumn) {
-    var columnType = aColumn.id || aColumn.element.getAttribute("anonid");
+    var columnType = aColumn.element.getAttribute("anonid") || aColumn.id;
+
     switch (columnType) {
       case "title":
         return this.COLUMN_TYPE_TITLE;
@@ -1095,8 +1096,8 @@ PlacesTreeView.prototype = {
   getImageSrc: function PTV_getImageSrc(aRow, aColumn) {
     this._ensureValidRow(aRow);
 
-    // only the first column has an image
-    if (aColumn.index != 0)
+    // only the title column has an image
+    if (this._getColumnType(aColumn) != this.COLUMN_TYPE_TITLE)
       return "";
 
     var node = this._visibleElements[aRow].node;