# Topic List Voting Column

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-voting-column/391661
**Category:** Theme component
**Tags:** topic-voting
**Created:** [December 18, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-voting-column/391661 "2025-12-18T15:12:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Showing post:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![chapoi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chapoi/32/537252_2.png) [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-voting-column/391661/1 "2025-12-18T15:12:40Z")

</div>

| | | |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ℹ | **Summary** | This TC adds a column to display the voting count. |
| 👓 | **Preview** | [preview](https://discourse.theme-creator.io/theme/chapoi/voting-column) – most visible in category “discourse” |
| 🛠 | **Repository** | [GitHub - chapoi/topic-list-voting-column · GitHub](https://github.com/chapoi/topic-list-voting-column) |
| ❓ | **Install Guide** | [How to install a theme or theme component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-install-a-theme-or-theme-component/63682) |
| 📖 | **New to Discourse Themes?** | [Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966) |

Install this theme component

### Short description

A very simple and unofficial alternative to the more fleshed out older sibling: [Alternative Voting Category Style](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-voting-category-style/101532)

Made to address [this old feature request](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-total-votes-next-to-total-replies-views-and-activity-columns/113729/10), and because the other TC hides the standard columns.

Another difference is that this TC will automatically know which categories have voting enabled, no need to add them separately in the theme settings.

### Detailed description

By default:

- it only shows the vote number
- no styling
- only shows when viewing a category that has voting enabled

 ![CleanShot 2025-12-18 at 15.35.19@2x](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/c/4/9/c4924597a42ccebae31a695bb6ebc40e1f4d1189.png)

#### Setting: show everywhere

 ![CleanShot 2025-12-18 at 15.36.26@2x](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/a/3/9a39a1461290082d5befbb708ff1000f64ec06c4.png)

By ticking this box, the vote column will appear on all topic-list views, which may or may not look empty depending on your forum

 ![CleanShot 2025-12-18 at 15.46.43@2x](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/8/a/b/8abadd1c4212a2bb59b0ecf753a36e8f79b038e8.png)

#### Setting: Hide “Vote” tab

 ![CleanShot 2025-12-18 at 15.38.28@2x](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/c/8/9c806aba4c21fe552c4de0b44e579dcdefe4aaa5.png)

Because the vote column can also be sorted, the extra “Vote” tab is superfluous. Check this setting to hide the tab.

 ![CleanShot 2025-12-18 at 15.47.27@2x](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/2/d/02d92a4b8a3e74cf3a00a096441a9f28010b4ec0.png)

#### Setting: Bells & Whistles styling

For fun

 ![CleanShot 2025-12-18 at 15.47.53@2x](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/a/3/f/a3f6173e70086067562dd7d7524bb0976efb51f9.png)

Will add mildly funky styling to the column:

- greyed out for topics with no votes
- blue for topics with votes
- red for topics that are “hot” (see next setting)
- A “stamp” to mark you have voted

 ![CleanShot 2025-12-18 at 15.50.56@2x](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/1/3/f/13f3dd30874e59d4182de2329e4b6c0c7004a856.png)

The colours are determined by `tertiary` and `danger-hover`.

#### Setting: Minimum votes to be 🔥

 ![CleanShot 2025-12-18 at 15.57.38@2x](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/a/1/2/a12c998ee5007cf2233537ec354962c0c6913416.png)

Determines when the hot-styling gets applied. Only has an effect if the Bells&Whistles mode is on. Set to zero to not apply the effect.

* * *

### Notes

- only works on desktop
- only tested in chromium for now and very happy path

### Todo

add specs

---

_[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-voting-column/391661)._