looking over all the comments i see a different conclusion: a separate search criteria form at the top of the page. that form should be toggelable and it should be collapsed by default so that only a link with search criteria is visible at the top of the table. from the comments i distill two main advantages for a separate search criteria form: 1) a separate form shows its purpose better. with the current inline search criteria fields it might not be clear to a user why these fields are their. 2) flexibility: a separate search form might give you more filter options then just text per column. e.g. a checkbox to filter out all but the latest versions of a process definition. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4000310#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...