diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/view_widgets/table_view/columns.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/view_widgets/table_view/columns.ts
index db42425c5..ad1fa334f 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/view_widgets/table_view/columns.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/view_widgets/table_view/columns.ts
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ const labelTypeMappings: Record<ColumnType, Partial<ColumnDefinition>> = {
     }
 };
 
-export function buildColumnDefinitions(info: AttributeDefinitionInformation[], movableRows: boolean, existingColumnData?: ColumnDefinition[]) {
-    const columnDefs: ColumnDefinition[] = [
+export function buildColumnDefinitions(info: AttributeDefinitionInformation[], movableRows: boolean, existingColumnData?: ColumnDefinition[], position?: number) {
+    let columnDefs: ColumnDefinition[] = [
         {
             title: "#",
             headerSort: false,
@@ -86,25 +86,40 @@ export function buildColumnDefinitions(info: AttributeDefinitionInformation[], m
     }
 
     if (existingColumnData) {
-        restoreExistingData(columnDefs, existingColumnData);
+        columnDefs = restoreExistingData(columnDefs, existingColumnData, position);
     }
 
     return columnDefs;
 }
 
-function restoreExistingData(newDefs: ColumnDefinition[], oldDefs: ColumnDefinition[]) {
+function restoreExistingData(newDefs: ColumnDefinition[], oldDefs: ColumnDefinition[], position?: number) {
     const byField = new Map<string, ColumnDefinition>;
     for (const def of oldDefs) {
         byField.set(def.field ?? "", def);
     }
 
+    const newColumns: ColumnDefinition[] = [];
+    const existingColumns: ColumnDefinition[] = []
     for (const newDef of newDefs) {
         const oldDef = byField.get(newDef.field ?? "");
         if (!oldDef) {
-            continue;
+            newColumns.push(newDef);
+        } else {
+            newDef.width = oldDef.width;
+            newDef.visible = oldDef.visible;
+            existingColumns.push(newDef);
         }
-
-        newDef.width = oldDef.width;
-        newDef.visible = oldDef.visible;
     }
+
+    // Clamp position to a valid range
+    const insertPos = position !== undefined
+        ? Math.min(Math.max(position, 0), existingColumns.length)
+        : existingColumns.length;
+
+    // Insert new columns at the specified position
+    return [
+        ...existingColumns.slice(0, insertPos),
+        ...newColumns,
+        ...existingColumns.slice(insertPos)
+    ];
 }
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/view_widgets/table_view/context_menu.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/view_widgets/table_view/context_menu.ts
index dd229ae87..005d76fc4 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/view_widgets/table_view/context_menu.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/view_widgets/table_view/context_menu.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,16 @@ function showColumnContextMenu(_e: UIEvent, column: ColumnComponent, tabulator:
                 uiIcon: "bx bx-empty",
                 items: buildColumnItems()
             },
+            { title: "----" },
+            {
+                title: "Add column to the left",
+                handler: () => {
+                    getParentComponent(e)?.triggerCommand("addNoteListItem", {
+                        referenceColumn: column
+                    });
+                    console.log("Add col");
+                }
+            }
         ],
         selectMenuItemHandler() {},
         x: e.pageX,
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/view_widgets/table_view/index.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/view_widgets/table_view/index.ts
index a56039cbe..ed4e03485 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/view_widgets/table_view/index.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/view_widgets/table_view/index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import SpacedUpdate from "../../../services/spaced_update.js";
 import type { CommandListenerData, EventData } from "../../../components/app_context.js";
 import type { Attribute } from "../../../services/attribute_parser.js";
 import note_create, { CreateNoteOpts } from "../../../services/note_create.js";
-import {Tabulator, SortModule, FormatModule, InteractionModule, EditModule, ResizeColumnsModule, FrozenColumnsModule, PersistenceModule, MoveColumnsModule, MoveRowsModule, ColumnDefinition, DataTreeModule, Options, RowComponent} from 'tabulator-tables';
+import {Tabulator, SortModule, FormatModule, InteractionModule, EditModule, ResizeColumnsModule, FrozenColumnsModule, PersistenceModule, MoveColumnsModule, MoveRowsModule, ColumnDefinition, DataTreeModule, Options, RowComponent, ColumnComponent} from 'tabulator-tables';
 import "tabulator-tables/dist/css/tabulator.css";
 import "../../../../src/stylesheets/table.css";
 import { canReorderRows, configureReorderingRows } from "./dragging.js";
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ export default class TableView extends ViewMode<StateInfo> {
     private spacedUpdate: SpacedUpdate;
     private api?: Tabulator;
     private newAttribute?: Attribute;
+    private newAttributePosition?: number;
     private persistentData: StateInfo["tableData"];
     private attributeDetailWidget: AttributeDetailWidget;
 
-
     constructor(args: ViewModeArgs) {
         super(args, "table");
 
@@ -234,13 +234,20 @@ export default class TableView extends ViewMode<StateInfo> {
         console.log("Save attributes", this.newAttribute);
     }
 
-    addNoteListItemEvent() {
+    addNoteListItemEvent({ referenceColumn }: { referenceColumn?: ColumnComponent }) {
+        console.log("Add note list item ", referenceColumn);
         const attr: Attribute = {
             type: "label",
             name: "label:myLabel",
             value: "promoted,single,text"
         };
 
+        if (referenceColumn && this.api) {
+            this.newAttributePosition = this.api.getColumns().indexOf(referenceColumn) - 1;
+        } else {
+            this.newAttributePosition = undefined;
+        }
+
         this.attributeDetailWidget!.showAttributeDetail({
             attribute: attr,
             allAttributes: [ attr ],
@@ -274,7 +281,7 @@ export default class TableView extends ViewMode<StateInfo> {
         }
 
         // Force a refresh if sorted is changed since we need to disable reordering.
-        if (loadResults.getAttributeRows().find(a => attributes.isAffecting(a, this.parentNote))) {
+        if (loadResults.getAttributeRows().find(a => a.name === "sorted" && attributes.isAffecting(a, this.parentNote))) {
             return true;
         }
 
@@ -283,6 +290,7 @@ export default class TableView extends ViewMode<StateInfo> {
             attr.type === "label" &&
             (attr.name?.startsWith("label:") || attr.name?.startsWith("relation:")) &&
             attributes.isAffecting(attr, this.parentNote))) {
+                console.log("Col update");
             this.#manageColumnUpdate();
         }
 
@@ -301,8 +309,9 @@ export default class TableView extends ViewMode<StateInfo> {
         }
 
         const info = getAttributeDefinitionInformation(this.parentNote);
-        const columnDefs = buildColumnDefinitions(info, !!this.api.options.movableRows, this.persistentData?.columns);
+        const columnDefs = buildColumnDefinitions(info, !!this.api.options.movableRows, this.persistentData?.columns, this.newAttributePosition);
         this.api.setColumns(columnDefs);
+        this.newAttributePosition = undefined;
     }
 
     async #manageRowsUpdate() {