diff --git a/packages/annotation/src/App.mermaid.test.tsx b/packages/annotation/src/App.mermaid.test.tsx
index f9bff5f..cf3f2a7 100644
--- a/packages/annotation/src/App.mermaid.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/annotation/src/App.mermaid.test.tsx
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 import { userEvent as browserUserEvent } from 'vitest/browser';
 import { annotatedMarkdownTestIds } from './AnnotatedMarkdown.tsx';
 import { annotationDraftCommentComposerTestIds } from './AnnotationDraftCommentComposer.tsx';
+import { annotationThreadCardTestIds } from './AnnotationThreadCard.tsx';
 import { appTestIds } from './App.tsx';
+import { commentsSidebarTestIds } from './CommentsSidebar.tsx';
 import { elementBlockAttrs } from './element/elementBlock.ts';
 import { mermaidAttrs } from './element/mermaid/MermaidBlock.tsx';
-import { annotateAndSubmit, renderApp, saveAnnotation } from './testHelpers/index.tsx';
+import { annotateAndSubmit, drag, renderApp, saveAnnotation } from './testHelpers/index.tsx';
 
 // End-to-end through the real `mermaid` dependency: a plan with a fenced mermaid block flows through
 // AnnotatedMarkdown → MermaidBlock (renders the SVG and tags its nodes/edges)
@@ -165,6 +167,32 @@ describe('App — Mermaid diagram annotation', () => {
     expect(annotated.hovered).toBe(annotated.resting);
   });
 
+  it('orders the sidebar by document position when a diagram comment precedes a text comment', async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    renderApp({ initialPayload: { contentKind: 'plan', content: MERMAID_PLAN.content } });
+
+    // Comment on the prose below the diagram, then on a node in the diagram above it. The sidebar
+    // must list the diagram comment first — it comes first in the document.
+    const paragraph = await screen.findByText('Annotate a node or edge above.');
+    drag({ target: paragraph.firstChild as Text, from: 0, to: 'Annotate'.length });
+    await user.type(
+      await screen.findByTestId(annotationDraftCommentComposerTestIds.textarea),
+      'Text comment below the diagram',
+    );
+    await user.click(screen.getByTestId(annotationDraftCommentComposerTestIds.saveButton));
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(screen.queryByTestId(annotationDraftCommentComposerTestIds.container)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    await saveAnnotation({
+      user,
+      target: await waitForDiagramElement(`[${mermaidAttrs.nodeId}="Login"]`),
+      body: 'Diagram comment above the text',
+    });
+
+    expect(getCommentCardBodies()).toEqual(['Diagram comment above the text', 'Text comment below the diagram']);
+  });
+
   it('prompts to discard a dirty diagram draft when clicking a different element', async () => {
     const user = userEvent.setup();
     renderApp({ initialPayload: { contentKind: 'plan', content: MERMAID_PLAN.content } });
@@ -235,6 +263,18 @@ async function fillAroundHover(node: Element): Promise<{ resting: string; hovere
   return { resting, hovered: getComputedStyle(shape).fill };
 }
 
+/** Saved comment bodies in sidebar render order. */
+function getCommentCardBodies(): string[] {
+  const cardTestIdPrefix = annotationThreadCardTestIds.card('');
+  const commentTestIdPrefix = annotationThreadCardTestIds.comment('');
+  const cards = screen
+    .getByTestId(commentsSidebarTestIds.threadList)
+    .querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>(`[data-testid^="${cardTestIdPrefix}"]`);
+  return Array.from(cards).map(
+    (card) => card.querySelector(`[data-testid^="${commentTestIdPrefix}"]`)?.textContent ?? '',
+  );
+}
+
 async function waitForDiagramElement(selector: string): Promise<Element> {
   return await waitFor(
     () => {
diff --git a/packages/annotation/src/annotationResolvers.ts b/packages/annotation/src/annotationResolvers.ts
index 860f149..f85658f 100644
--- a/packages/annotation/src/annotationResolvers.ts
+++ b/packages/annotation/src/annotationResolvers.ts
@@ -124,30 +124,12 @@ function withActiveDraftThread(
   ];
 }
 
+// Source lines are the one position every anchor kind shares — element anchors never resolve to a DOM Range.
 function compareResolvedThreads(left: ResolvedAnnotationThread, right: ResolvedAnnotationThread): number {
-  if (left.range && right.range) {
-    const order = left.range.compareBoundaryPoints(Range.START_TO_START, right.range);
-    if (order !== 0) {
-      return order;
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (left.range && !right.range) {
-    return -1;
-  }
-
-  if (!left.range && right.range) {
-    return 1;
-  }
-
-  // Range-less threads (element anchors) order by source line, which tracks document order,
-  // before falling back to a per-anchor secondary key.
-  const lineOrder = left.anchor.sourceLines.start - right.anchor.sourceLines.start;
-  if (lineOrder !== 0) {
-    return lineOrder;
-  }
-
-  return secondaryOrderKey(left.anchor) - secondaryOrderKey(right.anchor);
+  return (
+    left.anchor.sourceLines.start - right.anchor.sourceLines.start ||
+    secondaryOrderKey(left.anchor) - secondaryOrderKey(right.anchor)
+  );
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/annotation/src/useCommentNavigation.test.tsx b/packages/annotation/src/useCommentNavigation.test.tsx
index 8f40b19..6101a3a 100644
--- a/packages/annotation/src/useCommentNavigation.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/annotation/src/useCommentNavigation.test.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { elementAnnotationAnchor } from '@contextbridge/shared/testFactories';
 import { cleanup, fireEvent, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { useState } from 'react';
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
@@ -10,17 +11,24 @@ describe('useCommentNavigation', () => {
     cleanup();
   });
 
-  it('excludes unresolved or range-less threads from navigation', () => {
+  it('excludes unresolved threads but keeps resolved range-less element threads navigable', () => {
     renderCommentNavigationHarness({
       threads: [
         resolvedAnnotationThread.build({ id: 'thr_live' }),
         resolvedAnnotationThread.build({ id: 'thr_unresolved', unresolved: true }),
-        resolvedAnnotationThread.build({ id: 'thr_range_less', range: null }),
+        // Anchor replaced wholesale: Fishery deep-merges params, which would blend the factory's
+        // default text anchor into the element anchor.
+        {
+          ...resolvedAnnotationThread.build({ id: 'thr_element' }),
+          anchor: elementAnnotationAnchor.build(),
+          range: null,
+        },
       ],
+      selectedAnnotationId: 'thr_element',
     });
 
-    expect(screen.getByTestId(commentNavigationTestIds.total)).toHaveTextContent('1');
-    expect(screen.getByTestId(commentNavigationTestIds.currentAnnotationId)).toHaveTextContent('thr_live');
+    expect(screen.getByTestId(commentNavigationTestIds.total)).toHaveTextContent('2');
+    expect(screen.getByTestId(commentNavigationTestIds.currentAnnotationId)).toHaveTextContent('thr_element');
   });
 
   it('uses the selected thread as the current thread', () => {
diff --git a/packages/annotation/src/useCommentNavigation.ts b/packages/annotation/src/useCommentNavigation.ts
index 9013911..cb27bef 100644
--- a/packages/annotation/src/useCommentNavigation.ts
+++ b/packages/annotation/src/useCommentNavigation.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export function useCommentNavigation({
 }
 
 function getNavigableThreads(threads: ResolvedAnnotationThread[]): ResolvedAnnotationThread[] {
-  return threads.filter((thread) => !thread.unresolved && thread.range !== null && !isNewThreadDraftOnly(thread));
+  return threads.filter((thread) => !thread.unresolved && !isNewThreadDraftOnly(thread));
 }
 
 function isNewThreadDraftOnly(thread: ResolvedAnnotationThread): boolean {