Click on Table view (4) towards the top right of the topics table on the topics page.

By default the list view is displayed in the table.

The topics table view preference is a global preference.

Once the preferred view is selected topic tables in any topic board of any project are displayed in that view for the user.

The following topics will be described in this articled in this article:

The topics table can look something like this when the table view is configured.

Click here to read more about how to work with tables in Catenda.

As soon as a topic is created and the table is loaded in the topic will show up as a row in the topics table for the user.

Note that the open filter is enabled by default and closed topics might be hidden until filtered.

When changes are made to any of the topics that are displayed a notificaiton that changes have been made can appear towards the bottom of the table.

Click on fetch changes in this notificaiton to load in the changes that have been made while viewing topics.

When fetching changes an animation playes where rows for new topics slid into the table and rows for deleted topics slide out of the table.

After selecting a topic row the selected item action menu appears towards the top of the topics table.

This is what the selected item actions menu can look like:

Click here to read more about the selected item action menu.

When the table is first loaded in, up to 100 rows are displayed.

If more than 100 rows are in the table scroll down to the bottom to load in the next 100 rows.

Topic row

Opening the content of a topic row changes the table to display the contents of that topic on the topics page.

Some columns in the topics table are enabled by default while others can be hidden and have to be enabled.

Based on the configured column order the first columns are displayed while the table might have to be scrolled sideways to show other enabled columns.

The default order and visibility setting of the columns on the documents page is as follows:

Select a checkbox to select an topic from the list.

You can also click anywhere in the row of the topic where there is no link to select it.

Row select

After having selected an topic you can shift + click to select all topics in between.

Edit selection

You can also ctrl + click to add/remove topic to the selection

Select all topics in the topic board(s)

When you open an topic board 100 topics are loaded. If you scroll down past 100 topics you will load more topics. The first time you check this box you will select all topics you have loaded. If you have many topics in your board and do not want to scroll to load them all you can click on select all in filter which will appear next after "topics selected" when you check the selection box.

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On the top right of the topics table you will find the "Columns" dropdown.

With this dropdown you can rearrange and toggle the columns of the table.

Your preference for column rearrangement and toggle will be remembered across topic boards and projects and is stored in your account.
This means that it will still have that order if you close and re-order your browser.

If you have accidentally hidden a column by dragging it out of the table you can turn it on again here.
By default all columns are on and in this order:

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By clicking on the header of a column it is possible to sort by that column.

Clicking on it again will sort it the other way

By default the Created column will be sorted.

If you change your sorting preference it will be remembered until next time you open the topic board.

Column headers can be dragged left and right to be rearranged.

You can drag the column header out of the table to disable the column.

You can enable the column again in the column dropdown on the top right.

When you hover your mouse over the line between two columns you can drag to change the width of a column.

Your preference for width of column will be remembered across topic boards and projects and is stored in your account.
It is possible to double click on the area between two columns to auto-fit the text within the column.

Cursor change
You will know you are hovering over the right place when your cursor changes to a resize pointer

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Swap between List view or Table view

Compact view can be useful for screens with lower resolutions

Drag this bar to scroll the topic board horizontally

See the sum of all values in a custom field column

Drag this bar to scroll the topic board vertically

The following pages can be found as sub-pages to the topics page:

The sub pages to the topics page can be found in the left navigation menu.

Boards - An overview of all topic boards

Milestones - Important dates in the project

Statistics - See the statistics of the current topic board

Clicking on the settings page opens the settings page for the current topic board.

Access required: Full access to the topic board