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Overview Discussion lists allow you to group all the posts, tasks, and content from a discussion stream into lists defined by you and your team. Lists can be used for a variety of reasons - common uses include grouping items into;   Discussion Lists Layout Discussion streams have a default layout defined during their setup. If your stream is not set to display as lists by default, you can change to list view by selecting the  Discussion Lists  option from the  Layouts  menu.   List Setup Creating Lists In order to start grouping your stream's content, you will need to create some lists. To create a list, follow these steps: 1.  Click on the  Add Lists  button while viewing your stream in  Discussion Lists Layout . 2.  Provide some details for your list:   3.  Click  Submit 4.  Your list will now be displayed, empty and ready for posts/content to be added.   Using Lists Once you have a list created you will need to know how to populate it. Follow these steps to add content to your list: A:  You can click on the  Add Post  button on your list in order to create a new comment or task and add it to this list. OR B:  You can drag existing posts/content/tasks from the  New Posts  default list on the left of your stream, to your new list.   List Management Editing Lists Once you have created your lists, you may find that you need to make adjustments to them. To edit the details of your list, follow these steps: 1.  Open the list options menu and select  Edit . 2.  Adjust the title, description, or colour and click  Submit  to save your changes.   Moving Lists Sometimes you may need to reorder your lists, or potentially move them to another discussion stream. Follow these steps to move a list: A:  If you want to reorder your lists within a stream, click and drag the list across the stream's page to move it. OR B:  If you want to move your list to a different stream, open the list options menu and select  Move . From here you will be able to select the discussion stream and the list position number. Click  Submit  to move the list. Note:   this will move all items contained within the list to the new stream.   Moving Posts Sometimes you may want to merge lists. To do this you will need to move all the items from one list to another in the same stream. Follow these steps to move all posts in a list: 1.  Open the list options menu and select  Move all posts 2.  Select the list you wish to move the posts to, and where in the list order you want them to appear. Click  Submit  to move the posts.   Deleting Lists If you are no longer using a list, you can follow these steps to delete it: 1.  Open the list options menu and select  Delete .     Deleting Posts Sometimes you may wish to clear out a list, deleting all the posts contained within it. This might be if you are using a list to monitor completed tasks or ideas and have come to the end of a cycle and want to clear out old items. To delete all the posts in a list follow these steps: 1.  Open the list options menu and select  Delete all posts . 2. Confirm you want to go ahead by clicking the  Delete all posts  button in the prompt.