diff --git a/apps/common/api.py b/apps/common/api.py
index 30b6579118..6fc788ef1b 100755
--- a/apps/common/api.py
+++ b/apps/common/api.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import copy
 
 object_navigation = {}
 menu_links = []
+model_list_columns = {}
 
 def register_links(src, links, menu_name=None):
     if menu_name in object_navigation:
@@ -30,3 +31,10 @@ def register_menu(links):
         menu_links.append(link)
     
     menu_links.sort(lambda x,y: 1 if x>y else -1, lambda x:x['position'] if 'position' in x else 1)
+
+
+def register_model_list_columns(model, columns):
+    if model in model_list_columns:
+        model_list_columns[model].extend(columns)
+    else:
+        model_list_columns[model] = copy.copy(columns)
diff --git a/apps/common/templates/generic_list_subtemplate.html b/apps/common/templates/generic_list_subtemplate.html
index 340765d59c..37e3f138ce 100755
--- a/apps/common/templates/generic_list_subtemplate.html
+++ b/apps/common/templates/generic_list_subtemplate.html
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
             {% if not hide_object %}
                 <th>{% trans 'Identifier' %}</th>
             {% endif %}
+            {% for column in object_list.0|get_model_list_columns %}
+                <th>{{ column.name|capfirst }}</th>
+            {% endfor %}            
             {% for column in extra_columns %}
                 <th>{{ column.name|capfirst }}</th>
             {% endfor %}        
@@ -51,6 +54,10 @@
                     <td>{% if not hide_link %}<a href="{{ object.get_absolute_url }}">{{ object }}</a>{% else %}{{ object }}{% endif %}</td>
                 {% endif %}
             {% endif %}
+                {% for column in object|get_model_list_columns %}
+                    <td>{{ object|object_property:column.attribute|safe }}</td>
+                {% endfor %}
+            
                 {% for column in extra_columns %}
                     <td>{{ object|object_property:column.attribute|safe }}</td>
                 {% endfor %}
diff --git a/apps/common/templatetags/attribute_tags.py b/apps/common/templatetags/attribute_tags.py
index 51807faf60..2fafff9a97 100755
--- a/apps/common/templatetags/attribute_tags.py
+++ b/apps/common/templatetags/attribute_tags.py
@@ -3,9 +3,14 @@ from django.template.defaultfilters import stringfilter
 from django.template import Library, Node, Variable, VariableDoesNotExist
 
 from common.utils import return_attrib
+from common.api import model_list_columns
 
 register = Library()
 
 @register.filter
 def object_property(value, arg):
     return return_attrib(value, arg)
+    
+@register.filter
+def get_model_list_columns(value):
+    return model_list_columns.get(type(value), [])
diff --git a/apps/documents/__init__.py b/apps/documents/__init__.py
index 3eeb6e6515..ca61be4646 100755
--- a/apps/documents/__init__.py
+++ b/apps/documents/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import tempfile
 
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 
-from common.api import register_links, register_menu
+from common.api import register_links, register_menu, register_model_list_columns
+from common.utils import pretty_size
 
 from models import Document
 from staging import StagingFile
@@ -23,12 +25,21 @@ document_download = {'text':_('download'), 'view':'document_download', 'args':'o
 
 staging_file_preview = {'text':_('preview'), 'class':'fancybox', 'view':'staging_file_preview', 'args':'object.id', 'famfam':'drive_magnify'}
 
-register_links(Document, [document_edit, document_edit_metadata, document_delete, document_preview, document_download])
-register_links(Document, [document_list, document_create, document_create_multiple, document_create_sibling, document_view], menu_name='sidebar')
+register_links(Document, [document_edit, document_edit_metadata, document_delete, document_download])
+register_links(Document, [document_list, document_create, document_create_multiple, document_create_sibling, document_view, document_preview], menu_name='sidebar')
 register_links(['document_list', 'document_create', 'document_create_multiple', 'upload_document_with_type', 'upload_multiple_documents_with_type'], [document_list, document_create, document_create_multiple], menu_name='sidebar')
 
 register_links(StagingFile, [staging_file_preview])
 
+register_model_list_columns(Document, [
+                {'name':_(u'mimetype'), 'attribute':'file_mimetype'},
+                {'name':_(u'added'), 'attribute':lambda x: x.date_added.date()},
+                {'name':_(u'file size'), 'attribute':lambda x: pretty_size(x.file.storage.size(x.file.path)) if x.exists() else '-'},
+                {'name':_(u'thumbnail'), 'attribute': 
+                    lambda x: '<a class="fancybox" href="%s"><img src="%s" /></a>' % (reverse('document_preview', args=[x.id]),
+                        reverse('document_thumbnail', args=[x.id]))
+                },
+                ])
 
 register_menu([
     {'text':_('documents'), 'view':'document_list', 'links':[