Comprehensive Guide: Rearranging Columns in SharePoint List View Forms

SharePoint forms are web-based tools that enable users to add, modify, and view data in SharePoint lists and document libraries, with input controls matching the target list or library’s column types.

a) How do I change the column order in a SharePoint list ?

1. First, open a list, click the Add New Item (+ New) button, open a new form, and click the Edit columns.

2. Then, hover over the column to view its contents, then click on it to adjust its position.

3. After adjusting the column order, click on the “Save” button.

4. The column order in the SharePoint list may change when adding or editing an item.

b) How do I hide columns in a SharePoint list ?

1. First, uncheck the columns you want to hide in the list form.

2. Finally, click the Save button.

c) How to Display or Hide Columns in a SharePoint Modern List View ?

1. First, click on it and select “Column Settings” to hide the selected columns.

2. Or navigate to “Column Settings” and select “Show/Hide Columns“. Uncheck columns you don’t want to see.

3. The columns 2 and 3 were unchecked, and they are now not appearing in the SharePoint list.

d) How to change SharePoint list view column order (Modern View) ?

1. To change column order, click on a column and select “Column Settings“. Then, use the “Move Left” and “Move Right” buttons to move the column.

2. Or click Column Settings -> Show/Hide Columns and use up and down arrows to view selected columns.

e) How does SharePoint List hide columns from the form (Classic List) ?

1. First, navigate to the “List Settings” ribbon and select “Advanced Settings” under “General Settings“.

2. Then, navigate to the Advanced Settings page and click on Yes in the content type section.

3. After that, save the page by clicking OK, then add a Content Types section to the Settings page. Select the content type from the custom list.

4. Next, select the column you wish to conceal from the SharePoint Online List form or the SharePoint 2013 List New Form.

5. After that, you will navigate to the Change Content Type Column page, where you can choose to hide the content type column from the form.

6. Finally, click OK to save changes, then open the new SharePoint list form and observe that column 6 is not visible.

f) How to Change SharePoint List Column Order (Classic List) ?

1. First, open the list and navigate to the List Settings page for the specific list you want to customize.

2. Then, click Column Ordering and adjust the column order on the Change Column Ordering page, and click OK.

3. Finally, the changed list column order doesn’t appear in the SharePoint list, while adding a new item to a list reflects the order column in SharePoint’s “New List” form.

g) How to show or hide columns in SharePoint List view (classic experience) ?

1. First, open the list, navigate to the list settings page, and click on the View section.

2. Then, uncheck them, change their order using the drop-down menu, and click OK.

3. Finally, click OK to save the changes.