Optimizing Column Ordering in SharePoint Online

How to Optimize Column Ordering in SharePoint Online?

To enhance your SharePoint experience, it's essential to understand how to manage column ordering. In this blog, I’ll show you how to make your SharePoint lists and libraries work better by using these techniques.

Step 1. Reordering Columns in a SharePoint List

  • Navigate to the SharePoint site and list where you want to reorder columns.
  • Click on the list's name to enter the list.
  • In the list menu, select "List settings."
    Sharepoint List setting
     
  • Under the "Columns" section, choose "Column ordering."

    Column Ordering
  • Here, you can reorder columns by simply dragging and dropping them to the desired position.
    Change Column ordering
  • Click "OK" to save the new column order.

Step 2. Similarly, you can perform Reordering Columns in a SharePoint Library

  • Access the SharePoint site and document library where you want to reorder columns.
  • Click on the library's name to enter it.
  • In the library menu, select "Library settings."
  • Under the "Columns" section, choose "Column ordering.
  • Reorder columns by dragging and dropping them to the desired position.
  • Click "OK" to save the new column order.

Conclusion

Using these methods can help make your collaboration in SharePoint more efficient and straightforward.