# Move multiple Glide data columns at once

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/move-multiple-glide-data-columns-at-once/59132>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [March 14, 2023, 9:34am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/move-multiple-glide-data-columns-at-once/59132 "2023-03-14T09:34:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![charlietmail](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/charlietmail/32/55259_2.png) [@charlietmail](https://community.glideapps.com/u/charlietmail)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 9:34am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/move-multiple-glide-data-columns-at-once/59132/1 "2023-03-14T09:34:45Z")

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Glide data tables can be grouped using the naming format [group]/[field name]

E.g.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/9/9/99623d93e3eb143b9fcc1f6bfc22e113555007bc.png)

Columns can be moved individually by dragging on the field name

The request is to be able to move groups of columns by dragging on the group name

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**Author:** ![nathanaelb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathanaelb/32/43079_2.png) [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 10:25am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/move-multiple-glide-data-columns-at-once/59132/2 "2023-03-14T10:25:57Z")

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Until this feature is released, here is how I would do it:

- Let’s imagine we have 50 groups of 3 columns each, grouped left to right from 1 to 50.
- I want to move columns 50a, 50b and 50c between groups 1 and 2 (therefore between 1c and 2a).
- I would rename Group2/2a to Group50/2a.
- Upper right in Search, I would type Group50: I should see Group50/2a, Group50/50a, Group50/50b and Group50/50c in this order.
- Now starting from the right, I’ll drag 50c to the left of 2a, 50b to the left of 50c, and 50a to the left of 50b. Now columns 50a/b/c are to the left of 2a.
- Rename Group50/2a back to Group2/2a.
- Click on the x in the Search to remove the column filter.

The explanation is probably more complicated than it actually is. The idea is simply to filter the columns to a few which makes the drag-and-drop process easier.

[Column grouping in Glide Tables](https://community.glideapps.com/t/column-directory-grouping-in-glide-tables/48650/2)  
(I do the xyz trick sometimes, same idea.)