# Is it possible to re-order the topic list columns (Front Page)?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-re-order-the-topic-list-columns-front-page/87092
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [May 9, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-re-order-the-topic-list-columns-front-page/87092 "2018-05-09T18:36:45Z")
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### Author:  [@ibee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ibee)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-re-order-the-topic-list-columns-front-page/87092/1 "2018-05-09T18:36:45Z")
Hello,
Is there any way to reorder columns as shown in the screenshot below?
Note: I switched the order of elements (users first instead of topics) on my browser and changed a few properties on Mozilla’s installation to get the above.
Why:
It always feels weird (to me) whenever I have to look to the far left to read a list of items on websites. I find content that’s a bit centered easier to digest but that could be a weird personal quirk.
I would appreciate pointers on the best way to go about it;
- Is there a way to do it from discourse settings?
- changing the order directly from discourse source code?
- Develop a new front page design entirely (a la wordpress themes)?
- CSS only?
- ???
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### Author:  [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-re-order-the-topic-list-columns-front-page/87092/2 "2018-05-09T19:41:03Z")
There’s no way to do this with the settings, and if you directly edit the source of Discourse you’ll lose progress whenever you update.
I think there are two ways this could work, both of these require using a theme so you can upgrade Discourse without losing your work:
- CSS only: It wouldn’t be a completely trivial task because you’d be editing how the table layout works. The way I would approach it would be by defining each row in the table (`tr`) as a flex item, you’d then be able to order the cells in the row (`td`) by using the [order property](https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/o/order/) of flex box.
- Overriding the topic-list template. This is quicker to do, but would likely require more ongoing maintenance to keep up with updates. You can take a look at this theme here to get an idea of how it works: [Sam's Simple Theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sams-personal-minimal-topic-list-design/23552). Specifically, [this file in that theme](https://github.com/SamSaffron/discourse-simple-theme/blob/master/desktop/header.html) takes the [core Discourse topic-list template](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/list/topic-list-item.raw.hbs) and overrides it.
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### Author:  [@ibee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ibee)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-re-order-the-topic-list-columns-front-page/87092/3 "2018-05-09T20:09:13Z")
Thanks @awesomerobot
I think I can work with overriding the template.
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### Author:  [@yekta](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yekta)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2024, 9:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-re-order-the-topic-list-columns-front-page/87092/4 "2024-08-03T09:28:06Z")
please tell me how did you change the position of Users column and moved it to the left?