# In table view, add ability to click anywhere on row (that's not editable) to open the entity

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/in-table-view-add-ability-to-click-anywhere-on-row-thats-not-editable-to-open-the-entity/7712>\
**Category:** Ideas & Features\
**Created:** [October 31, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/in-table-view-add-ability-to-click-anywhere-on-row-thats-not-editable-to-open-the-entity/7712 "2024-10-31T14:05:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![interr0bangr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/interr0bangr/32/8089_2.png) [@interr0bangr](https://community.fibery.io/u/interr0bangr)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/in-table-view-add-ability-to-click-anywhere-on-row-thats-not-editable-to-open-the-entity/7712/1 "2024-10-31T14:05:28Z")

</div>

The only way you can open the entities currently is by clicking the small arrow in the “name” column, unless I’m missing something? Hoping it would behave similar to list views, where an entity can be clicked almost anywhere to open it.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/in-table-view-add-ability-to-click-anywhere-on-row-thats-not-editable-to-open-the-entity/7712/2 "2024-10-31T14:08:08Z")

</div>

How do you imagine it would be possible to edit the contents of cells in the table, if clicking anywhere caused the entity to be opened (rather than causing the cell to enter edit mode)?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![interr0bangr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/interr0bangr/32/8089_2.png) [@interr0bangr](https://community.fibery.io/u/interr0bangr)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/in-table-view-add-ability-to-click-anywhere-on-row-thats-not-editable-to-open-the-entity/7712/3 "2024-10-31T14:18:11Z")

</div>

Ideally, only clicking cells that are not editable would open the entity.

Alternatively, maybe (rapidly) double clicking a cell would allow it to be edited, but a single click would open it?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/in-table-view-add-ability-to-click-anywhere-on-row-thats-not-editable-to-open-the-entity/7712/4 "2024-10-31T14:28:38Z")

</div>

> [@interr0bangr](#):
>
> maybe (rapidly) double clicking a cell would allow it to be edited, but a single click would open it?

I think that used to be the behaviour, and people complained that the friction was unnecessary

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![interr0bangr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/interr0bangr/32/8089_2.png) [@interr0bangr](https://community.fibery.io/u/interr0bangr)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/in-table-view-add-ability-to-click-anywhere-on-row-thats-not-editable-to-open-the-entity/7712/5 "2024-10-31T15:28:44Z")

</div>

Yeah, only opening when clicking on non-editable cells would be more preferable I think. And that said, if I just wanted to select a single cell to copy it, it would be annoying that it opened when I clicked it.

**Maybe double clicking any part of an entity that isn’t editable would be the best scenario?** Our pain point is that we often need to hunt for the name column (or even worse, just the arrow if we’re hiding the name) which can involve alot of scrolling, whereas in list and board views it’s a simple click.