# Browse and organize content

> Configure useful list titles and columns, then search, filter, sort, select, and navigate collection content.

Canonical URL: https://riducms.com/docs/browsing-content/

Open a collection list to search, filter, sort, select, and organize documents. Available columns,
workflow and locale states, and actions come from the resolved schema and the current actor's
capabilities.

## Give the list a useful default {#configure}

```go title="content/posts.go"
ridu.Collection{
	Slug: "posts",
	Admin: ridu.CollectionAdmin{
		UseAsTitle:     "title",
		DefaultColumns: []string{"title", "status", "author", "updatedAt"},
		Group:          "Editorial",
		Description:    "Draft, review, and publish site articles.",
	},
	Fields: []field.Definition{
		field.Text("title", field.Required()),
		field.Select("status", field.OneOf("draft", "review", "published")),
		field.Relationship("author", field.To("users")),
	},
}
```

`UseAsTitle` and `DefaultColumns` must name compatible direct fields. They change presentation only;
the API path remains `/api/collections/posts`, and every list request still evaluates collection and
field access.

## Work in the list {#use-the-list}

Open **Posts** in the admin, then use the toolbar to:

1. search the configured title field;
2. add typed filters and combine them with the current locale/workflow state;
3. sort by a supported field and choose the page size;
4. show or hide ID, timestamps, status, nested group paths, relationships, and uploads; and
5. select the current page or resolve a bounded filtered selection for bulk work.

The URL owns page, search, sort, filter, locale, folder, hierarchy, and trash state. Reloading or
sharing an allowed URL reproduces the workspace rather than resetting to hidden component state.
Per-user column/page-size choices and saved views use authenticated preferences.

Relationship and upload cells resolve readable labels through access-checked requests. A redacted
field stays redacted in the table even if another user saved it as a visible column.

![A Posts list in the Ridu admin showing one published post with search, filter, column, saved-view, sort, and selection controls.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/riducms/ridu/main/docs/assets/ridu-admin-posts-list.png)

## Empty, failed, and large result sets {#troubleshooting}

- Clear the current search, filters, folder, locale, and trash mode before assuming content is gone.
- A list can be empty because the collection access rule contributed a database predicate. The admin
  cannot reveal the number of inaccessible documents.
- Bulk resolution accepts at most 100 unique IDs. Narrow the filter or work in reviewed batches.
- A field absent from column/filter/sort choices may be a presentation field, unsupported nested
  shape, computed output, or denied by field access.

Continue with [Saved views and hierarchy](https://riducms.com/docs/saved-views-and-hierarchy/) and
[Bulk actions and trash](https://riducms.com/docs/bulk-and-trash/). See [Querying data](https://riducms.com/docs/querying/) for the same
portable filter vocabulary outside the admin.