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Hello and welcome to Discourse! This is a deceivingly hard thing to do: it uses a table element and it’s not straightforward to change the order without changing the actual HTML structure. And changing the structure would essentially mean replacing the component with your own template, which I don’t recommend trying at all. I gave this a quick go, and it is somewhat possible with pure CSS, but it’s not a very robust implementation. In case you want to try: .topic-list-item { position:relative; } .topic-list .posters { position: absolute; left: 0; top: 50%; transform: translateY(-50%); max-width: 150px; overflow: hidden; display: block; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto !important; } .topic-list .topic-list-data:first-of-type { padding-inline-start: 150px; } I suggest you scope it to desktop!

Welcome to Meta :waving_hand: Do you want the topic list to look like this? [image]Topic List Author Author avatar in first (left) column [This image is a screenshot of an online article, showing the title, author, and topic of an article on policies within a company. (Captioned by AI)] I think you can do that with this component [image] Topic List Author Theme component information_source Summary Makes the topic author appear instead of posters and allows changing the placement of the author column in topic list pages. hammer_and_wrench Repository https://github.com/discourse/discourse-topic-list-author eyeglasses Preview Preview on Discourse Theme Creator question Install Guide How to install a theme or theme component open_book New to Discourse Themes? Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes Install this theme component …

Oh its not clear from the OP to me if the request is to move the topic author or all avatars.

Thank you so much for the help too, I ended up using that theme component, still, I really appreciate it

How to reverse the position of the avatar to be in front of the topic text?

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rivohor (rivohor) September 21, 2025, 12:40am 5

That’s right, thank you for the help, thank you so much

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How to reverse the position of the avatar to be in front of the topic text?

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