---
title: "Configure the List Filter Web Part in SharePoint"
description: "How to activate, add, connect, and configure the Vitextra List Filter web part in SharePoint — enable the feature, connect to a List View, and choose fields to filter."
url: https://vitextra.com/en/support/kb/10010
language: en
published: 2019-11-24
modified: 2026-10-10
products:
  - "List Filter"
author: "Lidija Reising"
tags: ["List Filter web part", "SharePoint list filter", "Vitextra List Filter", "activate List Filter feature", "connect web part List View", "filter SharePoint list", "Send Filter Provider To", "filter fields configuration"]
---

# Configure the List Filter Web Part in SharePoint

How to activate, add, connect, and configure the Vitextra List Filter web part in SharePoint — enable the feature, connect to a List View, and choose fields to filter.

This article describes how to activate, add, connect, and configure the [List Filter web part](https://vitextra.com/en/products/list-filter) in SharePoint.

## Feature Activation

Before using the List Filter ::web part::, make sure the List Filter feature is enabled for the site collection.

Go to the site where you want to use List Filter.

Click **Settings → Site Settings**.

![Site Settings menu](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10010/site-settings.png)
*Site Settings menu*

On the Site Settings page, click **Site collection features** under the **Site Collection Administration** heading.

![Site Collection features](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10010/site-collection-features.png)
*Site Collection features*

📝 **Note**  
If you're not on the root site of the site collection, click **Go to top level site settings**.  
![Site Settings](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10010/go-to-top-level-site-administration.png)

Scroll down to the **Vitextra: List Filter** row and click **Activate** next to the ::feature::.

![List Filter feature](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10010/activate-feature.png)
*List Filter feature*

Once the feature is activated, you'll see an **Active** badge:

![List Filter feature](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10010/activate-feature-done.png)
*List Filter feature*

## Add List Filter Web Part

Go to the ::list:: or ::document library:: where you want to add List Filter.

![Edit Page Menu](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10010/edit-page-menu.png)
*Edit Page Menu*

📝 **Note**  
You can add the List Filter web part to any SharePoint page, as well as to a list or document library.

Click the **Add a Web Part** button where you want to place List Filter:

![Page in Edit mode](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10010/page-edit-mode.png)
*Page in Edit mode*

If the **Add a Web Part** button isn't shown, click the spot on the page where you want List Filter, click the **Insert** tab on the ribbon, and then click **Web Part**.

Under **Categories**, select **Vitextra**, select **List Filter Web Part**, and then click **Add**.

![List Filter Web Part selection](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10010/web-part-selection.png)
*List Filter Web Part selection*

## Connect List Filter

To connect List Filter, point to the List Filter web part, click the down arrow, point to **Connections**, point to **Send Filter Provider To**, and then click the name of the List View web part you want to filter.

![List Filter Context Menu](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10010/list-filter-context-menu-connection.png)
*List Filter Context Menu*

In the **Configure Connection** dialog box, click **Finish**:

![Configure Connection dialog box](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10010/connection-dialog-box.png)
*Configure Connection dialog box*

Once the List Filter web part is added and connected to a List View web part, on the **Page** tab, click **Stop Editing**:

![Stop Editing](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10010/ribbon-stop-editing-page.png)
*Stop Editing*

Or, if you're editing a wiki page, click **Save** on the **Format Text** tab.

![Save Page](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10010/ribbon-save-page.png)
*Save Page*

## Configure List Filter

Now you can configure List Filter for the list or document library it's connected to.

### Choose Fields

Click **Fields** in the top-right corner of the List Filter web part to open the fields settings dialog box:

![List Filter Toolbar](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10010/list-filter-toolbar-fields.png)
*List Filter Toolbar*

Select fields using the checkboxes, choose a filtering control for each, and update any other properties you need:

![Columns Configuration Dialog](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10010/fields-dialog-box.png)
*Columns Configuration Dialog*

Scroll down and click **Save**.

💡 **Tip**  
You can add any field to the filter panel, even a field that isn't shown in the list view.

### Additional Options

To change additional settings for List Filter, click the **Settings** button to open the settings dialog box:

![List Filter Settings Dialog](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10010/list-filter-dialog-box.png)
*List Filter Settings Dialog*