# Re-order layout items in web authoring: New in Tableau 2021.3

> This is content from just-tim, the data-and-analytics channel by Tim Ngwena (formerly 'Tableau Tim'). Tim has 12+ years of hands-on BI experience and covers Tableau most of all, plus Power BI, Looker, Hex, SQL and data modelling, the analytics industry, and the craft of doing the job — always tool-agnostic and honest about the trade-offs.

- **Author:** Tim Ngwena (just-tim, https://just-tim.com/about)
- **Published:** 2021-09-13
- **Format:** Video · 3 min watch · transcript available
- **Topics:** Data visualisation, Tool strategy
- **Tools:** Tableau (cloud, dashboards, web authoring)
- **Canonical:** https://just-tim.com/posts/re-order-layout-items-in-web-authoring-new-in-tableau-2021-3
- **Watch:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtT2eyikBjo

I walk through a small but handy addition in Tableau 2021.3: the ability to reorder layout objects directly in the Layout pane while web authoring. Working in Tableau Online, I show how to select an item and drag it within the layout hierarchy to change the order of charts on a dashboard.

## Key takeaways

- In Tableau 2021.3 web authoring you can reorder layout objects from the hierarchy in the Layout pane, no longer needing Tableau Desktop for this task
- Selecting an object highlights it with a grey box on the dashboard and mirrors the selection in the Layout pane on the left
- You may need to scroll down within the Layout pane to find and see your selected item before dragging
- Drag an item until the placement line triggers clearly, then release to swap the order of charts
- Web authoring load times feel noticeably faster in this release, at least for standard dashboards

Watch the full video, read the transcript and use chapter deep-links on the page: https://just-tim.com/posts/re-order-layout-items-in-web-authoring-new-in-tableau-2021-3

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