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Hi everyone,

I’m building a List Interface in Airtable and would like to know if it’s possible to freeze (or lock) the first column, similar to how you can freeze columns in grid views.

When scrolling horizontally through fields in the List layout, the first column (which usually contains key identifiers like names or IDs) scrolls out of view, making it difficult to track which record I’m looking at.

Is there a built-in way to freeze the first column in a List Interface, or any workaround that others have found helpful?

Thanks in advance for any insights or suggestions!

— Sean

Yeah, it’s so strange that you can’t freeze the first column in a list view. That would be extremely handy for many of my clients.

Be sure to submit it as a feature request on the product feedback form.

Alternatively, you could switch that list view into a grid view by using the visualization options, but then you’ll lose the unique features of the list view (such as hierarchies).

Of course, if you select multiple visualization options, your users can toggle between different visualizations, so they can always toggle back-and-forth between list and grid.

Hope this helps!

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Hey ​@Sean_Maher!

You might want to submit this as a Product Idea using this form.

Completely different matter, but would love to have you join our Airtable Hackathon! Make sure to sign up!!

Mike, Consultant @ Automatic Nation 
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