diff --git a/client/app/scripts/actions/app-actions.js b/client/app/scripts/actions/app-actions.js
index 534391783..03646ed96 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/actions/app-actions.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/actions/app-actions.js
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ export function showHelp() {
   return {type: ActionTypes.SHOW_HELP};
 }
 
+
 export function hideHelp() {
   return {type: ActionTypes.HIDE_HELP};
 }
 
+
 export function toggleHelp() {
   return (dispatch, getState) => {
     if (getState().get('showingHelp')) {
@@ -32,6 +34,18 @@ export function toggleHelp() {
   };
 }
 
+
+export function sortOrderChanged(sortBy, sortedDesc) {
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    dispatch({
+      type: ActionTypes.SORT_ORDER_CHANGED,
+      sortBy, sortedDesc
+    });
+    updateRoute(getState);
+  };
+}
+
+
 //
 // Networks
 //
@@ -83,6 +97,7 @@ export function unpinNetwork(networkId) {
 // Metrics
 //
 
+
 export function selectMetric(metricId) {
   return {
     type: ActionTypes.SELECT_METRIC,
@@ -217,6 +232,22 @@ export function clickForceRelayout() {
   };
 }
 
+export function toggleGridMode(enabledArgument) {
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    const enabled = (enabledArgument === undefined) ?
+      !getState().get('gridMode') :
+      enabledArgument;
+    dispatch({
+      type: ActionTypes.SET_GRID_MODE,
+      enabled
+    });
+    updateRoute(getState);
+    if (!enabled) {
+      dispatch(clickForceRelayout());
+    }
+  };
+}
+
 export function clickNode(nodeId, label, origin) {
   return (dispatch, getState) => {
     dispatch({
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart.js b/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart.js
index 29bb8eb94..19f949190 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart.js
@@ -17,18 +17,12 @@ import { getActiveTopologyOptions, getAdjacentNodes,
 
 const log = debug('scope:nodes-chart');
 
-const MARGINS = {
-  top: 130,
-  left: 40,
-  right: 40,
-  bottom: 0
-};
-
 const ZOOM_CACHE_FIELDS = ['scale', 'panTranslateX', 'panTranslateY'];
 
 // make sure circular layouts a bit denser with 3-6 nodes
 const radiusDensity = d3.scale.threshold()
-  .domain([3, 6]).range([2.5, 3.5, 3]);
+  .domain([3, 6])
+  .range([2.5, 3.5, 3]);
 
 class NodesChart extends React.Component {
 
@@ -47,8 +41,8 @@ class NodesChart extends React.Component {
       scale: 1,
       selectedNodeScale: d3.scale.linear(),
       hasZoomed: false,
-      height: 0,
-      width: 0,
+      height: props.height || 0,
+      width: props.width || 0,
       zoomCache: {}
     };
   }
@@ -237,9 +231,9 @@ class NodesChart extends React.Component {
     // move origin node to center of viewport
     const zoomScale = state.scale;
     const translate = [state.panTranslateX, state.panTranslateY];
-    const centerX = (-translate[0] + (state.width + MARGINS.left
+    const centerX = (-translate[0] + (state.width + props.margins.left
       - DETAILS_PANEL_WIDTH) / 2) / zoomScale;
-    const centerY = (-translate[1] + (state.height + MARGINS.top) / 2) / zoomScale;
+    const centerY = (-translate[1] + (state.height + props.margins.top) / 2) / zoomScale;
     stateNodes = stateNodes.mergeIn([props.selectedNodeId], {
       x: centerX,
       y: centerY
@@ -310,9 +304,7 @@ class NodesChart extends React.Component {
   }
 
   updateGraphState(props, state) {
-    const n = props.nodes.size;
-
-    if (n === 0) {
+    if (props.nodes.size === 0) {
       return {
         nodes: makeMap(),
         edges: makeMap()
@@ -328,7 +320,7 @@ class NodesChart extends React.Component {
       width: state.width,
       height: state.height,
       scale: nodeScale,
-      margins: MARGINS,
+      margins: props.margins,
       forceRelayout: props.forceRelayout,
       topologyId: this.props.topologyId,
       topologyOptions: this.props.topologyOptions
@@ -353,12 +345,12 @@ class NodesChart extends React.Component {
       .map(edge => edge.set('ppoints', edge.get('points')));
 
     // adjust layout based on viewport
-    const xFactor = (state.width - MARGINS.left - MARGINS.right) / graph.width;
+    const xFactor = (state.width - props.margins.left - props.margins.right) / graph.width;
     const yFactor = state.height / graph.height;
     const zoomFactor = Math.min(xFactor, yFactor);
     let zoomScale = this.state.scale;
 
-    if (!state.hasZoomed && zoomFactor > 0 && zoomFactor < 1) {
+    if (this.zoom && !state.hasZoomed && zoomFactor > 0 && zoomFactor < 1) {
       zoomScale = zoomFactor;
       // saving in d3's behavior cache
       this.zoom.scale(zoomFactor);
@@ -402,7 +394,6 @@ function mapStateToProps(state) {
   return {
     adjacentNodes: getAdjacentNodes(state),
     forceRelayout: state.get('forceRelayout'),
-    nodes: state.get('nodes').filter(node => !node.get('filtered')),
     selectedNodeId: state.get('selectedNodeId'),
     topologyId: state.get('currentTopologyId'),
     topologyOptions: getActiveTopologyOptions(state)
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-grid.js b/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-grid.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f2d46369
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-grid.js
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+/* eslint react/jsx-no-bind: "off", no-multi-comp: "off" */
+
+import React from 'react';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import { List as makeList, Map as makeMap } from 'immutable';
+import NodeDetailsTable from '../components/node-details/node-details-table';
+import { clickNode, sortOrderChanged } from '../actions/app-actions';
+
+import { getNodeColor } from '../utils/color-utils';
+
+
+const IGNORED_COLUMNS = ['docker_container_ports', 'docker_container_id', 'docker_image_id',
+  'docker_container_command', 'docker_container_networks'];
+
+
+function getColumns(nodes) {
+  const metricColumns = nodes
+    .toList()
+    .flatMap(n => {
+      const metrics = (n.get('metrics') || makeList())
+        .map(m => makeMap({ id: m.get('id'), label: m.get('label') }));
+      return metrics;
+    })
+    .toSet()
+    .toList()
+    .sortBy(m => m.get('label'));
+
+  const metadataColumns = nodes
+    .toList()
+    .flatMap(n => {
+      const metadata = (n.get('metadata') || makeList())
+        .map(m => makeMap({ id: m.get('id'), label: m.get('label') }));
+      return metadata;
+    })
+    .toSet()
+    .filter(n => !IGNORED_COLUMNS.includes(n.get('id')))
+    .toList()
+    .sortBy(m => m.get('label'));
+
+  const relativesColumns = nodes
+    .toList()
+    .flatMap(n => {
+      const metadata = (n.get('parents') || makeList())
+        .map(m => makeMap({ id: m.get('topologyId'), label: m.get('topologyId') }));
+      return metadata;
+    })
+    .toSet()
+    .toList()
+    .sortBy(m => m.get('label'));
+
+  return relativesColumns.concat(metadataColumns, metricColumns).toJS();
+}
+
+
+function renderIdCell(props) {
+  const iconStyle = {
+    width: 16,
+    flex: 'none',
+    color: getNodeColor(props.rank, props.label_major)
+  };
+  const showSubLabel = Boolean(props.pseudo);
+
+  return (
+    <div title={props.label} className="nodes-grid-id-column">
+      <div style={iconStyle}><i className="fa fa-square" /></div>
+      <div className="truncate">
+        {props.label} {showSubLabel &&
+          <span className="nodes-grid-label-minor">{props.label_minor}</span>}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+
+class NodesGrid extends React.Component {
+
+  constructor(props, context) {
+    super(props, context);
+
+    this.onClickRow = this.onClickRow.bind(this);
+    this.onSortChange = this.onSortChange.bind(this);
+  }
+
+  onClickRow(ev, node, el) {
+    // TODO: do this better
+    if (ev.target.className === 'node-details-table-node-link') {
+      return;
+    }
+    this.props.clickNode(node.id, node.label, el.getBoundingClientRect());
+  }
+
+  onSortChange(sortBy, sortedDesc) {
+    this.props.sortOrderChanged(sortBy, sortedDesc);
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    const { margins, nodes, height, gridSortBy, gridSortedDesc,
+      searchNodeMatches = makeMap(), searchQuery } = this.props;
+    const cmpStyle = {
+      height,
+      marginTop: margins.top,
+      paddingLeft: margins.left,
+      paddingRight: margins.right,
+    };
+    const tbodyHeight = height - 24 - 18;
+    const className = 'scroll-body';
+    const tbodyStyle = {
+      height: `${tbodyHeight}px`,
+    };
+
+    const detailsData = {
+      label: this.props.currentTopology && this.props.currentTopology.get('fullName'),
+      id: '',
+      nodes: nodes
+        .toList()
+        .filter(n => !searchQuery || searchNodeMatches.has(n.get('id')))
+        .toJS(),
+      columns: getColumns(nodes)
+    };
+
+    return (
+      <div className="nodes-grid">
+        {nodes.size > 0 && <NodeDetailsTable
+          style={cmpStyle}
+          className={className}
+          renderIdCell={renderIdCell}
+          tbodyStyle={tbodyStyle}
+          topologyId={this.props.currentTopologyId}
+          onSortChange={this.onSortChange}
+          onClickRow={this.onClickRow}
+          sortBy={gridSortBy}
+          sortedDesc={gridSortedDesc}
+          selectedNodeId={this.props.selectedNodeId}
+          limit={1000}
+          {...detailsData}
+          />}
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+
+function mapStateToProps(state) {
+  return {
+    gridSortBy: state.get('gridSortBy'),
+    gridSortedDesc: state.get('gridSortedDesc'),
+    currentTopology: state.get('currentTopology'),
+    currentTopologyId: state.get('currentTopologyId'),
+    searchNodeMatches: state.getIn(['searchNodeMatches', state.get('currentTopologyId')]),
+    searchQuery: state.get('searchQuery'),
+    selectedNodeId: state.get('selectedNodeId')
+  };
+}
+
+
+export default connect(
+  mapStateToProps,
+  { clickNode, sortOrderChanged }
+)(NodesGrid);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/app.js b/client/app/scripts/components/app.js
index 29f77267e..2e24fe8f4 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/app.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/app.js
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ import Topologies from './topologies.js';
 import TopologyOptions from './topology-options.js';
 import { getApiDetails, getTopologies } from '../utils/web-api-utils';
 import { focusSearch, pinNextMetric, hitBackspace, hitEnter, hitEsc, unpinMetric,
-  selectMetric, toggleHelp } from '../actions/app-actions';
+  selectMetric, toggleHelp, toggleGridMode } from '../actions/app-actions';
 import Details from './details';
 import Nodes from './nodes';
+import GridModeSelector from './grid-mode-selector';
 import MetricSelector from './metric-selector';
 import NetworkSelector from './networks-selector';
 import EmbeddedTerminal from './embedded-terminal';
@@ -86,6 +87,8 @@ class App extends React.Component {
         dispatch(pinNextMetric(-1));
       } else if (char === '>') {
         dispatch(pinNextMetric(1));
+      } else if (char === 't' || char === 'g') {
+        dispatch(toggleGridMode());
       } else if (char === 'q') {
         dispatch(unpinMetric());
         dispatch(selectMetric(null));
@@ -99,8 +102,8 @@ class App extends React.Component {
   }
 
   render() {
-    const { showingDetails, showingHelp, showingMetricsSelector, showingNetworkSelector,
-     showingTerminal } = this.props;
+    const { gridMode, showingDetails, showingHelp, showingMetricsSelector,
+      showingNetworkSelector, showingTerminal } = this.props;
     const isIframe = window !== window.top;
 
     return (
@@ -125,10 +128,11 @@ class App extends React.Component {
 
         <Nodes />
 
-        <Sidebar>
+        <Sidebar classNames={gridMode ? 'sidebar-gridmode' : ''}>
+          {showingMetricsSelector && !gridMode && <MetricSelector />}
+          {showingNetworkSelector && !gridMode && <NetworkSelector />}
+          <GridModeSelector />
           <Status />
-          {showingMetricsSelector && <MetricSelector />}
-          {showingNetworkSelector && <NetworkSelector />}
           <TopologyOptions />
         </Sidebar>
 
@@ -141,6 +145,7 @@ class App extends React.Component {
 function mapStateToProps(state) {
   return {
     activeTopologyOptions: getActiveTopologyOptions(state),
+    gridMode: state.get('gridMode'),
     routeSet: state.get('routeSet'),
     searchFocused: state.get('searchFocused'),
     searchQuery: state.get('searchQuery'),
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/grid-mode-selector.js b/client/app/scripts/components/grid-mode-selector.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e27d849ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/grid-mode-selector.js
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import classNames from 'classnames';
+
+import { toggleGridMode } from '../actions/app-actions';
+
+class GridModeSelector extends React.Component {
+
+  constructor(props, context) {
+    super(props, context);
+
+    this.enableGridMode = this.enableGridMode.bind(this);
+    this.disableGridMode = this.disableGridMode.bind(this);
+  }
+
+  enableGridMode() {
+    return this.props.toggleGridMode(true);
+  }
+
+  disableGridMode() {
+    return this.props.toggleGridMode(false);
+  }
+
+  renderItem(icons, label, isSelected, onClick) {
+    const className = classNames('grid-mode-selector-action', {
+      'grid-mode-selector-action-selected': isSelected
+    });
+    return (
+      <div
+        className={className}
+        onClick={onClick} >
+        <span className={icons} style={{fontSize: 12}} />
+        <span>{label}</span>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    const { gridMode } = this.props;
+
+    return (
+      <div className="grid-mode-selector">
+        <div className="grid-mode-selector-wrapper">
+          {this.renderItem('fa fa-share-alt', 'Graph', !gridMode, this.disableGridMode)}
+          {this.renderItem('fa fa-table', 'Table', gridMode, this.enableGridMode)}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+function mapStateToProps(state) {
+  return {
+    gridMode: state.get('gridMode'),
+  };
+}
+
+export default connect(
+  mapStateToProps,
+  { toggleGridMode }
+)(GridModeSelector);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/help-panel.js b/client/app/scripts/components/help-panel.js
index 9df27eb92..45f24e9f2 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/help-panel.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/help-panel.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ const GENERAL_SHORTCUTS = [
   {key: 'esc', label: 'Close active panel'},
   {key: '/', label: 'Activate search field'},
   {key: '?', label: 'Toggle shortcut menu'},
+  {key: 't', label: 'Toggle Table mode'},
+  {key: 'g', label: 'Toggle Graph mode'},
 ];
 
 const CANVAS_METRIC_SHORTCUTS = [
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/node-details.js b/client/app/scripts/components/node-details.js
index 6e4d688d8..7278e3a58 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/node-details.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/node-details.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import _ from 'lodash';
 import React from 'react';
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { Map as makeMap } from 'immutable';
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ export class NodeDetails extends React.Component {
   }
 
   renderTools() {
-    const showSwitchTopology = this.props.index > 0;
+    const showSwitchTopology = this.props.nodeId !== this.props.selectedNodeId;
     const topologyTitle = `View ${this.props.label} in ${this.props.topologyId}`;
 
     return (
@@ -123,12 +122,6 @@ export class NodeDetails extends React.Component {
     );
   }
 
-  renderTable(table) {
-    const key = _.snakeCase(table.title);
-    return (<NodeDetailsTable title={table.title} key={key} rows={table.rows}
-      isNumeric={table.numeric} />);
-  }
-
   render() {
     if (this.props.notFound) {
       return this.renderNotAvailable();
@@ -236,7 +229,8 @@ function mapStateToProps(state, ownProps) {
   const currentTopologyId = state.get('currentTopologyId');
   return {
     nodeMatches: state.getIn(['searchNodeMatches', currentTopologyId, ownProps.id]),
-    nodes: state.get('nodes')
+    nodes: state.get('nodes'),
+    selectedNodeId: state.get('selectedNodeId'),
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-table-node-link.js b/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-table-node-link.js
index 3c54af6ab..f821f0f11 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-table-node-link.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-table-node-link.js
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ class NodeDetailsTableNodeLink extends React.Component {
   render() {
     if (this.props.linkable) {
       return (
-        <span className="node-details-table-node-link truncate" title={this.props.label}
+        <span className="node-details-table-node-link" title={this.props.label}
           onClick={this.handleClick}>
           {this.props.label}
         </span>
       );
     }
     return (
-      <span className="node-details-table-node truncate" title={this.props.label}>
+      <span className="node-details-table-node" title={this.props.label}>
         {this.props.label}
       </span>
     );
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-table-node-metric.js b/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-table-node-metric.js
index 4b1ec5261..b0dc2b79d 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-table-node-metric.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-table-node-metric.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { formatMetric } from '../../utils/string-utils';
 
 function NodeDetailsTableNodeMetric(props) {
   return (
-    <td className="node-details-table-node-metric">
+    <td className="node-details-table-node-metric" style={props.style}>
       {formatMetric(props.value, props)}
     </td>
   );
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-table-row.js b/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-table-row.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7948450a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-table-row.js
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
+import classNames from 'classnames';
+
+import NodeDetailsTableNodeLink from './node-details-table-node-link';
+import NodeDetailsTableNodeMetric from './node-details-table-node-metric';
+
+
+function getValuesForNode(node) {
+  const values = {};
+  ['metrics', 'metadata'].forEach(collection => {
+    if (node[collection]) {
+      node[collection].forEach(field => {
+        const result = Object.assign({}, field);
+        result.valueType = collection;
+        values[field.id] = result;
+      });
+    }
+  });
+
+  (node.parents || []).forEach(p => {
+    values[p.topologyId] = {
+      id: p.topologyId,
+      label: p.topologyId,
+      value: p.label,
+      relative: p,
+      valueType: 'relatives',
+    };
+  });
+
+  return values;
+}
+
+
+function renderValues(node, columns = [], columnWidths = []) {
+  const fields = getValuesForNode(node);
+  return columns.map(({id}, i) => {
+    const field = fields[id];
+    const style = { width: columnWidths[i] };
+    if (field) {
+      if (field.valueType === 'metadata') {
+        return (
+          <td className="node-details-table-node-value truncate" title={field.value}
+            style={style}
+            key={field.id}>
+            {field.value}
+          </td>
+        );
+      }
+      if (field.valueType === 'relatives') {
+        return (
+          <td className="node-details-table-node-value truncate" title={field.value}
+            style={style}
+            key={field.id}>
+            {<NodeDetailsTableNodeLink linkable nodeId={field.relative.id} {...field.relative} />}
+          </td>
+        );
+      }
+      return <NodeDetailsTableNodeMetric style={style} key={field.id} {...field} />;
+    }
+    // empty cell to complete the row for proper hover
+    return <td className="node-details-table-node-value" style={style} key={id} />;
+  });
+}
+
+
+export default class NodeDetailsTableRow extends React.Component {
+  constructor(props, context) {
+    super(props, context);
+
+    //
+    // We watch how far the mouse moves when click on a row, move to much and we assume that the
+    // user is selecting some data in the row. In this case don't trigger the onClick event which
+    // is most likely a details panel popping open.
+    //
+    this.mouseDragOrigin = [0, 0];
+
+    this.storeLabelRef = this.storeLabelRef.bind(this);
+    this.onMouseDown = this.onMouseDown.bind(this);
+    this.onMouseUp = this.onMouseUp.bind(this);
+    this.onMouseEnter = this.onMouseEnter.bind(this);
+    this.onMouseLeave = this.onMouseLeave.bind(this);
+  }
+
+  storeLabelRef(ref) {
+    this.labelEl = ref;
+  }
+
+  onMouseEnter() {
+    const { node, onMouseEnterRow } = this.props;
+    onMouseEnterRow(node);
+  }
+
+  onMouseLeave() {
+    const { node, onMouseLeaveRow } = this.props;
+    onMouseLeaveRow(node);
+  }
+
+  onMouseDown(ev) {
+    const { pageX, pageY } = ev;
+    this.mouseDragOrigin = [pageX, pageY];
+  }
+
+  onMouseUp(ev) {
+    const [originX, originY] = this.mouseDragOrigin;
+    const { pageX, pageY } = ev;
+    const thresholdPx = 2;
+    const movedTheMouseTooMuch = (
+      Math.abs(originX - pageX) > thresholdPx ||
+      Math.abs(originY - pageY) > thresholdPx
+    );
+    if (movedTheMouseTooMuch) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const { node, onClick } = this.props;
+    onClick(ev, node, ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this.labelEl));
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    const { node, nodeIdKey, topologyId, columns, onClick, onMouseEnterRow, onMouseLeaveRow,
+      selected, widths } = this.props;
+    const [firstColumnWidth, ...columnWidths] = widths;
+    const values = renderValues(node, columns, columnWidths);
+    const nodeId = node[nodeIdKey];
+    const className = classNames('node-details-table-node', { selected });
+
+    return (
+      <tr
+        onMouseDown={onClick && this.onMouseDown}
+        onMouseUp={onClick && this.onMouseUp}
+        onMouseEnter={onMouseEnterRow && this.onMouseEnter}
+        onMouseLeave={onMouseLeaveRow && this.onMouseLeave}
+        className={className}>
+        <td ref={this.storeLabelRef} className="node-details-table-node-label truncate"
+          style={{ width: firstColumnWidth }}>
+          {this.props.renderIdCell(Object.assign(node, {topologyId, nodeId}))}
+        </td>
+        {values}
+      </tr>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+
+NodeDetailsTableRow.defaultProps = {
+  renderIdCell: (props) => <NodeDetailsTableNodeLink {...props} />
+};
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-table.js b/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-table.js
index 667e61d04..bc403712a 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-table.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-table.js
@@ -1,34 +1,142 @@
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import React from 'react';
+import classNames from 'classnames';
 
 import ShowMore from '../show-more';
-import NodeDetailsTableNodeLink from './node-details-table-node-link';
-import NodeDetailsTableNodeMetric from './node-details-table-node-metric';
+import NodeDetailsTableRow from './node-details-table-row';
 
 
 function isNumberField(field) {
   return field.dataType && field.dataType === 'number';
 }
 
+const CW = {
+  S: '44px',
+  M: '80px',
+  L: '140px',
+  XL: '170px',
+};
 
 const COLUMN_WIDTHS = {
+  count: '70px',
+  docker_container_created: CW.L,
+  docker_container_restart_count: CW.M,
+  docker_container_state_human: CW.XL,
+  docker_container_uptime: '85px',
+  docker_cpu_total_usage: CW.M,
+  docker_memory_usage: CW.M,
+  open_files_count: CW.M,
+  pid: CW.M,
   port: '44px',
-  count: '70px'
+  ppid: CW.M,
+  process_cpu_usage_percent: CW.M,
+  process_memory_usage_bytes: CW.M,
+  threads: CW.M,
 };
 
 
+function getDefaultSortBy(columns, nodes) {
+  // default sorter specified by columns
+  const defaultSortColumn = _.find(columns, {defaultSort: true});
+  if (defaultSortColumn) {
+    return defaultSortColumn.id;
+  }
+  // otherwise choose first metric
+  return _.get(nodes, [0, 'metrics', 0, 'id']);
+}
+
+
+function getValueForSortBy(sortBy) {
+  // return the node's value based on the sortBy field
+  return (node) => {
+    if (sortBy !== null) {
+      let field = _.union(node.metrics, node.metadata).find(f => f.id === sortBy);
+
+      if (!field && node.parents) {
+        field = node.parents.find(f => f.topologyId === sortBy);
+        if (field) {
+          return field.label;
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (field) {
+        if (isNumberField(field)) {
+          return parseFloat(field.value);
+        }
+        return field.value;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return null;
+  };
+}
+
+
+function getMetaDataSorters(nodes) {
+  // returns an array of sorters that will take a node
+  return _.get(nodes, [0, 'metadata'], []).map((field, index) => node => {
+    const nodeMetadataField = node.metadata && node.metadata[index];
+    if (nodeMetadataField) {
+      if (isNumberField(nodeMetadataField)) {
+        return parseFloat(nodeMetadataField.value);
+      }
+      return nodeMetadataField.value;
+    }
+    return null;
+  });
+}
+
+
+function getSortedNodes(nodes, columns, sortBy, sortedDesc) {
+  const sortedNodes = _.sortBy(
+    nodes,
+    getValueForSortBy(sortBy || getDefaultSortBy(columns, nodes)),
+    'label',
+    getMetaDataSorters(nodes)
+  );
+  if (sortedDesc) {
+    sortedNodes.reverse();
+  }
+  return sortedNodes;
+}
+
+
+function getColumnsWidths(headers) {
+  return headers.map((h, i) => {
+    //
+    // Beauty hack: adjust first column width if there are only few columns;
+    // this assumes the other columns are narrow metric columns of 20% table width
+    //
+    if (i === 0) {
+      if (headers.length === 2) {
+        return '66%';
+      } else if (headers.length === 3) {
+        return '50%';
+      } else if (headers.length > 3 && headers.length <= 5) {
+        return '33%';
+      }
+    }
+
+    //
+    // More beauty hacking, ports and counts can only get so big, free up WS for other longer
+    // fields like IPs!
+    //
+    return COLUMN_WIDTHS[h.id];
+  });
+}
+
+
 export default class NodeDetailsTable extends React.Component {
 
   constructor(props, context) {
     super(props, context);
     this.DEFAULT_LIMIT = 5;
     this.state = {
-      limit: this.DEFAULT_LIMIT,
-      sortedDesc: true,
-      sortBy: null
+      limit: props.limit || this.DEFAULT_LIMIT,
+      sortedDesc: this.props.sortedDesc,
+      sortBy: this.props.sortBy
     };
     this.handleLimitClick = this.handleLimitClick.bind(this);
-    this.getValueForSortBy = this.getValueForSortBy.bind(this);
   }
 
   handleHeaderClick(ev, headerId) {
@@ -37,6 +145,7 @@ export default class NodeDetailsTable extends React.Component {
       ? !this.state.sortedDesc : this.state.sortedDesc;
     const sortBy = headerId;
     this.setState({sortBy, sortedDesc});
+    this.props.onSortChange(sortBy, sortedDesc);
   }
 
   handleLimitClick() {
@@ -44,109 +153,42 @@ export default class NodeDetailsTable extends React.Component {
     this.setState({limit});
   }
 
-  getDefaultSortBy() {
-    // default sorter specified by columns
-    const defaultSortColumn = _.find(this.props.columns, {defaultSort: true});
-    if (defaultSortColumn) {
-      return defaultSortColumn.id;
-    }
-    // otherwise choose first metric
-    return _.get(this.props.nodes, [0, 'metrics', 0, 'id']);
-  }
-
-  getMetaDataSorters() {
-    // returns an array of sorters that will take a node
-    return _.get(this.props.nodes, [0, 'metadata'], []).map((field, index) => node => {
-      const nodeMetadataField = node.metadata[index];
-      if (nodeMetadataField) {
-        if (isNumberField(nodeMetadataField)) {
-          return parseFloat(nodeMetadataField.value);
-        }
-        return nodeMetadataField.value;
-      }
-      return null;
-    });
-  }
-
-  getValueForSortBy(node) {
-    // return the node's value based on the sortBy field
-    const sortBy = this.state.sortBy || this.getDefaultSortBy();
-    if (sortBy !== null) {
-      const field = _.union(node.metrics, node.metadata).find(f => f.id === sortBy);
-      if (field) {
-        if (isNumberField(field)) {
-          return parseFloat(field.value);
-        }
-        return field.value;
-      }
-    }
-    return -1e-10; // just under 0 to treat missing values differently from 0
-  }
-
-  getValuesForNode(node) {
-    const values = {};
-    ['metrics', 'metadata'].forEach(collection => {
-      if (node[collection]) {
-        node[collection].forEach(field => {
-          const result = Object.assign({}, field);
-          result.valueType = collection;
-          values[field.id] = result;
-        });
-      }
-    });
-    return values;
+  getColumnHeaders() {
+    const columns = this.props.columns || [];
+    return [{id: 'label', label: this.props.label}].concat(columns);
   }
 
   renderHeaders() {
     if (this.props.nodes && this.props.nodes.length > 0) {
-      const columns = this.props.columns || [];
-      const headers = [{id: 'label', label: this.props.label}].concat(columns);
-      const defaultSortBy = this.getDefaultSortBy();
-
-      // Beauty hack: adjust first column width if there are only few columns;
-      // this assumes the other columns are narrow metric columns of 20% table width
-      if (headers.length === 2) {
-        headers[0].width = '66%';
-      } else if (headers.length === 3) {
-        headers[0].width = '50%';
-      } else if (headers.length >= 3) {
-        headers[0].width = '33%';
-      }
-
-      //
-      // More beauty hacking, ports and counts can only get so big, free up WS for other longer
-      // fields like IPs!
-      //
-      headers.forEach(h => {
-        h.width = COLUMN_WIDTHS[h.id];
-      });
+      const headers = this.getColumnHeaders();
+      const widths = getColumnsWidths(headers);
+      const defaultSortBy = getDefaultSortBy(this.props.columns, this.props.nodes);
 
       return (
         <tr>
-          {headers.map(header => {
+          {headers.map((header, i) => {
             const headerClasses = ['node-details-table-header', 'truncate'];
             const onHeaderClick = ev => {
               this.handleHeaderClick(ev, header.id);
             };
-
             // sort by first metric by default
-            const isSorted = this.state.sortBy !== null
-              ? header.id === this.state.sortBy : header.id === defaultSortBy;
+            const isSorted = header.id === (this.state.sortBy || defaultSortBy);
             const isSortedDesc = isSorted && this.state.sortedDesc;
             const isSortedAsc = isSorted && !isSortedDesc;
+
             if (isSorted) {
               headerClasses.push('node-details-table-header-sorted');
             }
 
             // set header width in percent
             const style = {};
-            if (header.width) {
-              style.width = header.width;
+            if (widths[i]) {
+              style.width = widths[i];
             }
 
             return (
               <td className={headerClasses.join(' ')} style={style} onClick={onHeaderClick}
-                key={header.id}>
+                title={header.label} key={header.id}>
                 {isSortedAsc
                   && <span className="node-details-table-header-sorter fa fa-caret-up" />}
                 {isSortedDesc
@@ -161,66 +203,53 @@ export default class NodeDetailsTable extends React.Component {
     return '';
   }
 
-  renderValues(node) {
-    const fields = this.getValuesForNode(node);
-    const columns = this.props.columns || [];
-    return columns.map(({id}) => {
-      const field = fields[id];
-      if (field) {
-        if (field.valueType === 'metadata') {
-          return (
-            <td className="node-details-table-node-value truncate" title={field.value}
-              key={field.id}>
-              {field.value}
-            </td>
-          );
-        }
-        return <NodeDetailsTableNodeMetric key={field.id} {...field} />;
-      }
-      // empty cell to complete the row for proper hover
-      return <td className="node-details-table-node-value" key={id} />;
-    });
-  }
-
   render() {
     const headers = this.renderHeaders();
-    const { nodeIdKey } = this.props;
-    let nodes = _.sortBy(this.props.nodes, this.getValueForSortBy, 'label',
-      this.getMetaDataSorters());
+    const { nodeIdKey, columns, topologyId, onClickRow, onMouseEnter, onMouseLeave,
+      onMouseEnterRow, onMouseLeaveRow } = this.props;
+    let nodes = getSortedNodes(this.props.nodes, this.props.columns, this.state.sortBy,
+                                    this.state.sortedDesc);
     const limited = nodes && this.state.limit > 0 && nodes.length > this.state.limit;
     const expanded = this.state.limit === 0;
-    const notShown = nodes.length - this.DEFAULT_LIMIT;
-    if (this.state.sortedDesc) {
-      nodes.reverse();
-    }
+    const notShown = nodes.length - this.state.limit;
     if (nodes && limited) {
       nodes = nodes.slice(0, this.state.limit);
     }
 
+    const className = classNames('node-details-table-wrapper-wrapper', this.props.className);
+
     return (
-      <div className="node-details-table-wrapper">
-        <table className="node-details-table">
-          <thead>
-            {headers}
-          </thead>
-          <tbody>
-          {nodes && nodes.map(node => {
-            const values = this.renderValues(node);
-            const nodeId = node[nodeIdKey];
-            return (
-              <tr className="node-details-table-node" key={node.id}>
-                <td className="node-details-table-node-label truncate">
-                  <NodeDetailsTableNodeLink {...node} topologyId={this.props.topologyId}
-                    nodeId={nodeId} />
-                </td>
-                {values}
-              </tr>
-            );
-          })}
-          </tbody>
-        </table>
-        <ShowMore handleClick={this.handleLimitClick} collection={this.props.nodes}
-          expanded={expanded} notShown={notShown} />
+      <div className={className}
+        style={this.props.style}>
+        <div className="node-details-table-wrapper">
+          <table className="node-details-table">
+            <thead>
+              {headers}
+            </thead>
+            <tbody style={this.props.tbodyStyle} onMouseEnter={onMouseEnter}
+              onMouseLeave={onMouseLeave}>
+              {nodes && nodes.map(node => (
+                <NodeDetailsTableRow
+                  key={node.id}
+                  renderIdCell={this.props.renderIdCell}
+                  selected={this.props.selectedNodeId === node.id}
+                  node={node}
+                  nodeIdKey={nodeIdKey}
+                  widths={getColumnsWidths(this.getColumnHeaders())}
+                  columns={columns}
+                  onClick={onClickRow}
+                  onMouseLeaveRow={onMouseLeaveRow}
+                  onMouseEnterRow={onMouseEnterRow}
+                  topologyId={topologyId} />
+              ))}
+            </tbody>
+          </table>
+          <ShowMore
+            handleClick={this.handleLimitClick}
+            collection={this.props.nodes}
+            expanded={expanded}
+            notShown={notShown} />
+        </div>
       </div>
     );
   }
@@ -228,5 +257,7 @@ export default class NodeDetailsTable extends React.Component {
 
 
 NodeDetailsTable.defaultProps = {
-  nodeIdKey: 'id' // key to identify a node in a row (used for topology links)
+  nodeIdKey: 'id',  // key to identify a node in a row (used for topology links)
+  onSortChange: () => {},
+  sortedDesc: true,
 };
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/nodes.js b/client/app/scripts/components/nodes.js
index 38ae981c2..e9632af3c 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/nodes.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/nodes.js
@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 
 import NodesChart from '../charts/nodes-chart';
+import NodesGrid from '../charts/nodes-grid';
 import NodesError from '../charts/nodes-error';
 import { DelayedShow } from '../utils/delayed-show';
 import { Loading, getNodeType } from './loading';
 import { isTopologyEmpty } from '../utils/topology-utils';
+import { CANVAS_MARGINS } from '../constants/styles';
 
-const navbarHeight = 160;
+const navbarHeight = 194;
 const marginTop = 0;
-const detailsWidth = 450;
 
 
 /**
@@ -66,25 +67,31 @@ class Nodes extends React.Component {
   }
 
   render() {
-    const { nodes, selectedNodeId, topologyEmpty, topologiesLoaded, nodesLoaded, topologies,
-      topology } = this.props;
+    const { nodes, topologyEmpty, gridMode, topologiesLoaded, nodesLoaded, topologies,
+      currentTopology } = this.props;
     const layoutPrecision = getLayoutPrecision(nodes.size);
-    const hasSelectedNode = selectedNodeId && nodes.has(selectedNodeId);
 
     return (
       <div className="nodes-wrapper">
         <DelayedShow delay={1000} show={!topologiesLoaded || (topologiesLoaded && !nodesLoaded)}>
           <Loading itemType="topologies" show={!topologiesLoaded} />
           <Loading
-            itemType={getNodeType(topology, topologies)}
+            itemType={getNodeType(currentTopology, topologies)}
             show={topologiesLoaded && !nodesLoaded} />
         </DelayedShow>
         {this.renderEmptyTopologyError(topologiesLoaded && nodesLoaded && topologyEmpty)}
-        <NodesChart {...this.state}
-          detailsWidth={detailsWidth}
-          layoutPrecision={layoutPrecision}
-          hasSelectedNode={hasSelectedNode}
-        />
+
+        {gridMode ?
+          <NodesGrid {...this.state}
+            nodeSize="24"
+            nodes={nodes}
+            margins={CANVAS_MARGINS}
+          /> :
+         <NodesChart {...this.state}
+           nodes={nodes}
+           margins={CANVAS_MARGINS}
+           layoutPrecision={layoutPrecision}
+           />}
       </div>
     );
   }
@@ -101,18 +108,20 @@ class Nodes extends React.Component {
   }
 }
 
+
 function mapStateToProps(state) {
   return {
-    nodes: state.get('nodes'),
+    currentTopology: state.get('currentTopology'),
+    gridMode: state.get('gridMode'),
+    nodes: state.get('nodes').filter(node => !node.get('filtered')),
     nodesLoaded: state.get('nodesLoaded'),
-    selectedNodeId: state.get('selectedNodeId'),
     topologies: state.get('topologies'),
     topologiesLoaded: state.get('topologiesLoaded'),
     topologyEmpty: isTopologyEmpty(state),
-    topology: state.get('currentTopology'),
   };
 }
 
+
 export default connect(
   mapStateToProps
 )(Nodes);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/sidebar.js b/client/app/scripts/components/sidebar.js
index 4a6973c00..4e3f0c641 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/sidebar.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/sidebar.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import React from 'react';
 
-export default function Sidebar({children}) {
+export default function Sidebar({children, classNames}) {
+  const className = `sidebar ${classNames}`;
   return (
-    <div className="sidebar">
+    <div className={className}>
       {children}
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/constants/action-types.js b/client/app/scripts/constants/action-types.js
index 72d42793d..4e9ab8c17 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/constants/action-types.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/constants/action-types.js
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ const ACTION_TYPES = [
   'UNPIN_NETWORK',
   'SHOW_NETWORKS',
   'SET_RECEIVED_NODES_DELTA',
+  'SORT_ORDER_CHANGED',
+  'SET_GRID_MODE',
 ];
 
 export default _.zipObject(ACTION_TYPES, ACTION_TYPES);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/constants/styles.js b/client/app/scripts/constants/styles.js
index f626c6733..c6f6d1c71 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/constants/styles.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/constants/styles.js
@@ -10,3 +10,10 @@ export const DETAILS_PANEL_MARGINS = {
 export const DETAILS_PANEL_OFFSET = 8;
 
 export const CANVAS_METRIC_FONT_SIZE = 0.19;
+
+export const CANVAS_MARGINS = {
+  top: 160,
+  left: 40,
+  right: 40,
+  bottom: 100,
+};
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/reducers/root.js b/client/app/scripts/reducers/root.js
index 893247774..ba9ef0dce 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/reducers/root.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/reducers/root.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { EDGE_ID_SEPARATOR } from '../constants/naming';
 import { applyPinnedSearches, updateNodeMatches } from '../utils/search-utils';
 import { getNetworkNodes, getAvailableNetworks } from '../utils/network-view-utils';
 import { findTopologyById, getAdjacentNodes, setTopologyUrlsById,
-  updateTopologyIds, filterHiddenTopologies } from '../utils/topology-utils';
+  updateTopologyIds, filterHiddenTopologies, addTopologyFullname } from '../utils/topology-utils';
 
 const log = debug('scope:app-store');
 const error = debug('scope:error');
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ export const initialState = makeMap({
   currentTopologyId: 'containers',
   errorUrl: null,
   forceRelayout: false,
+  gridMode: false,
+  gridSortBy: null,
+  gridSortedDesc: true,
   highlightedEdgeIds: makeSet(),
   highlightedNodeIds: makeSet(),
   hostname: '...',
@@ -79,7 +82,8 @@ function processTopologies(state, nextTopologies) {
   state = state.set('topologyUrlsById',
     setTopologyUrlsById(state.get('topologyUrlsById'), topologiesWithId));
 
-  const immNextTopologies = fromJS(topologiesWithId).sortBy(topologySorter);
+  const topologiesWithFullnames = addTopologyFullname(topologiesWithId);
+  const immNextTopologies = fromJS(topologiesWithFullnames).sortBy(topologySorter);
   return state.mergeDeepIn(['topologies'], immNextTopologies);
 }
 
@@ -166,6 +170,17 @@ export function rootReducer(state = initialState, action) {
       return state.set('exportingGraph', action.exporting);
     }
 
+    case ActionTypes.SORT_ORDER_CHANGED: {
+      return state.merge({
+        gridSortBy: action.sortBy,
+        gridSortedDesc: action.sortedDesc,
+      });
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.SET_GRID_MODE: {
+      return state.setIn(['gridMode'], action.enabled);
+    }
+
     case ActionTypes.CLEAR_CONTROL_ERROR: {
       return state.removeIn(['controlStatus', action.nodeId, 'error']);
     }
@@ -625,6 +640,13 @@ export function rootReducer(state = initialState, action) {
         selectedNodeId: action.state.selectedNodeId,
         pinnedMetricType: action.state.pinnedMetricType
       });
+      state = state.set('gridMode', action.state.topologyViewMode === 'grid');
+      if (action.state.gridSortBy) {
+        state = state.set('gridSortBy', action.state.gridSortBy);
+      }
+      if (action.state.gridSortedDesc !== undefined) {
+        state = state.set('gridSortedDesc', action.state.gridSortedDesc);
+      }
       if (action.state.showingNetworks) {
         state = state.set('showingNetworks', action.state.showingNetworks);
       }
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/utils/router-utils.js b/client/app/scripts/utils/router-utils.js
index 0aba5a157..c69a1f627 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/utils/router-utils.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/utils/router-utils.js
@@ -39,11 +39,14 @@ export function getUrlState(state) {
 
   const urlState = {
     controlPipe: cp ? cp.toJS() : null,
+    topologyViewMode: state.get('gridMode') ? 'grid' : 'topo',
     nodeDetails: nodeDetails.toJS(),
     pinnedMetricType: state.get('pinnedMetricType'),
     pinnedSearches: state.get('pinnedSearches').toJS(),
     searchQuery: state.get('searchQuery'),
     selectedNodeId: state.get('selectedNodeId'),
+    gridSortBy: state.get('gridSortBy'),
+    gridSortedDesc: state.get('gridSortedDesc'),
     topologyId: state.get('currentTopologyId'),
     topologyOptions: state.get('topologyOptions').toJS() // all options
   };
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/utils/topology-utils.js b/client/app/scripts/utils/topology-utils.js
index 4da44970a..14c365558 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/utils/topology-utils.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/utils/topology-utils.js
@@ -63,6 +63,20 @@ export function updateTopologyIds(topologies, parentId) {
   });
 }
 
+export function addTopologyFullname(topologies) {
+  return topologies.map(t => {
+    if (!t.sub_topologies) {
+      return Object.assign({}, t, {fullName: t.name});
+    }
+    return Object.assign({}, t, {
+      fullName: t.name,
+      sub_topologies: t.sub_topologies.map(st => (
+        Object.assign({}, st, {fullName: `${t.name} ${st.name}`})
+      ))
+    });
+  });
+}
+
 // adds ID field to topology (based on last part of URL path) and save urls in
 // map for easy lookup
 export function setTopologyUrlsById(topologyUrlsById, topologies) {
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/utils/update-buffer-utils.js b/client/app/scripts/utils/update-buffer-utils.js
index 8f628aaea..d77706a70 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/utils/update-buffer-utils.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/utils/update-buffer-utils.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function maybeUpdate(getState) {
       receiveNodesDelta(delta);
     }
     if (deltaBuffer.size > 0) {
-      updateTimer = setTimeout(maybeUpdate, feedInterval);
+      updateTimer = setTimeout(() => maybeUpdate(getState), feedInterval);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/client/app/styles/main.less b/client/app/styles/main.less
index f1c19adce..f7d98859f 100644
--- a/client/app/styles/main.less
+++ b/client/app/styles/main.less
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ h2 {
     cursor: pointer;
     padding: 4px 8px;
     border-radius: @border-radius;
-    opacity: 0.8;
+    opacity: 0.9;
     margin-bottom: 3px;
     border: 1px solid transparent;
 
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ h2 {
 
   &-error, &-loading {
     .hideable;
+    pointer-events: none;
     position: absolute;
     left: 50%;
     top: 50%;
@@ -889,7 +890,7 @@ h2 {
       font-size: 105%;
       line-height: 1.5;
 
-      &:hover {
+      &:hover, &.selected {
         background-color: lighten(@background-color, 5%);
       }
 
@@ -1130,7 +1131,7 @@ h2 {
   }
 }
 
-.topology-option, .metric-selector, .network-selector {
+.topology-option, .metric-selector, .network-selector, .grid-mode-selector {
   color: @text-secondary-color;
   margin: 6px 0;
 
@@ -1182,6 +1183,12 @@ h2 {
   }
 }
 
+.grid-mode-selector .fa {
+  margin-right: 4px;
+  margin-left: 0;
+  color: @text-secondary-color;
+}
+
 .network-selector-action {
   border-top: 3px solid transparent;
   border-bottom: 3px solid @background-dark-color;
@@ -1225,9 +1232,18 @@ h2 {
 
 .sidebar {
   position: fixed;
-  bottom: 16px;
-  left: 16px;
+  bottom: 12px;
+  left: 12px;
+  padding: 4px;
   font-size: .7rem;
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  border: 1px solid transparent;
+}
+
+.sidebar-gridmode {
+  background-color: #e9e9f1;
+  border-color: @background-darker-color;
+  opacity: 0.9;
 }
 
 .search {
@@ -1401,7 +1417,7 @@ h2 {
 //
 
 @help-panel-width: 400px;
-@help-panel-height: 380px;
+@help-panel-height: 420px;
 .help-panel {
   position: absolute;
   -webkit-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
@@ -1490,3 +1506,110 @@ h2 {
     }
   }
 }
+
+//
+// Nodes grid.
+//
+
+.nodes-grid {
+
+  tr {
+    border-radius: 6px;
+  }
+
+  &-label-minor {
+    opacity: 0.7;
+  }
+
+  &-id-column {
+    margin: -3px -4px;
+    padding: 2px 4px;
+    display: flex;
+    div {
+      flex: 1;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .node-details-table-wrapper-wrapper {
+
+    flex: 1;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    width: 100%;
+
+    .node-details-table-wrapper {
+      margin: 0;
+      flex: 1;
+    }
+
+    .nodes-grid-graph {
+      position: relative;
+      margin-top: 24px;
+    }
+
+    .node-details-table-node > * {
+      padding: 3px 4px;
+    }
+
+    .node-details-table-node, thead tr {
+      height: 24px;
+    }
+
+    tr:nth-child(even) {
+      background: @background-color;
+    }
+
+    tbody tr {
+      border: 1px solid transparent;
+      border-radius: 4px;
+      cursor: pointer;
+    }
+
+    tbody tr.selected, tbody tr:hover {
+      background-color: #d7ecf5;
+      border: 1px solid @weave-blue;
+    }
+
+    tbody tr.selected {
+      // box-shadow: 0 4px 2px -2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.16);
+    }
+  }
+
+  .scroll-body {
+
+    table {
+      border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
+    }
+
+    thead {
+      // osx scrollbar width: 0
+      // linux scrollbar width: 16
+      // avg scrollbar width: 8
+      padding-right: 8px;
+    }
+
+    thead, tbody tr {
+      display: table;
+      width: 100%;
+      table-layout: fixed;
+    }
+
+    tbody:after {
+      content: '';
+      display: block;
+      // height of the controls so you can scroll the last row up above them
+      // and have a good look.
+      height: 140px;
+    }
+
+    thead {
+      box-shadow: 0 4px 2px -2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.16);
+      border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;
+    }
+
+    tbody {
+      display: block;
+      overflow-y: scroll;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/render/detailed/node.go b/render/detailed/node.go
index c01a5e73a..fa04b3a2c 100644
--- a/render/detailed/node.go
+++ b/render/detailed/node.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ type Node struct {
 	NodeSummary
 	Controls    []ControlInstance    `json:"controls"`
 	Children    []NodeSummaryGroup   `json:"children,omitempty"`
-	Parents     []Parent             `json:"parents,omitempty"`
 	Connections []ConnectionsSummary `json:"connections,omitempty"`
 }
 
@@ -86,7 +85,6 @@ func MakeNode(topologyID string, r report.Report, ns report.Nodes, n report.Node
 		NodeSummary: summary,
 		Controls:    controls(r, n),
 		Children:    children(r, n),
-		Parents:     Parents(r, n),
 		Connections: []ConnectionsSummary{
 			incomingConnectionsSummary(topologyID, r, n, ns),
 			outgoingConnectionsSummary(topologyID, r, n, ns),
diff --git a/render/detailed/node_test.go b/render/detailed/node_test.go
index f314a83ac..9d6659438 100644
--- a/render/detailed/node_test.go
+++ b/render/detailed/node_test.go
@@ -218,6 +218,23 @@ func TestMakeDetailedContainerNode(t *testing.T) {
 					Metric:   &fixture.ServerContainerMemoryMetric,
 				},
 			},
+			Parents: []detailed.Parent{
+				{
+					ID:         expected.ServerContainerImageNodeID,
+					Label:      fixture.ServerContainerImageName,
+					TopologyID: "containers-by-image",
+				},
+				{
+					ID:         fixture.ServerHostNodeID,
+					Label:      fixture.ServerHostName,
+					TopologyID: "hosts",
+				},
+				{
+					ID:         fixture.ServerPodNodeID,
+					Label:      "pong-b",
+					TopologyID: "pods",
+				},
+			},
 		},
 		Controls: []detailed.ControlInstance{},
 		Children: []detailed.NodeSummaryGroup{
@@ -232,23 +249,6 @@ func TestMakeDetailedContainerNode(t *testing.T) {
 				Nodes: []detailed.NodeSummary{serverProcessNodeSummary},
 			},
 		},
-		Parents: []detailed.Parent{
-			{
-				ID:         expected.ServerContainerImageNodeID,
-				Label:      fixture.ServerContainerImageName,
-				TopologyID: "containers-by-image",
-			},
-			{
-				ID:         fixture.ServerHostNodeID,
-				Label:      fixture.ServerHostName,
-				TopologyID: "hosts",
-			},
-			{
-				ID:         fixture.ServerPodNodeID,
-				Label:      "pong-b",
-				TopologyID: "pods",
-			},
-		},
 		Connections: []detailed.ConnectionsSummary{
 			{
 				ID:         "incoming-connections",
@@ -335,6 +335,18 @@ func TestMakeDetailedPodNode(t *testing.T) {
 				{ID: "container", Label: "# Containers", Value: "1", Priority: 4, Datatype: "number"},
 				{ID: "kubernetes_namespace", Label: "Namespace", Value: "ping", Priority: 5},
 			},
+			Parents: []detailed.Parent{
+				{
+					ID:         fixture.ServerHostNodeID,
+					Label:      fixture.ServerHostName,
+					TopologyID: "hosts",
+				},
+				{
+					ID:         fixture.ServiceNodeID,
+					Label:      fixture.ServiceName,
+					TopologyID: "services",
+				},
+			},
 		},
 		Controls: []detailed.ControlInstance{},
 		Children: []detailed.NodeSummaryGroup{
@@ -358,18 +370,6 @@ func TestMakeDetailedPodNode(t *testing.T) {
 				Nodes: []detailed.NodeSummary{serverProcessNodeSummary},
 			},
 		},
-		Parents: []detailed.Parent{
-			{
-				ID:         fixture.ServerHostNodeID,
-				Label:      fixture.ServerHostName,
-				TopologyID: "hosts",
-			},
-			{
-				ID:         fixture.ServiceNodeID,
-				Label:      fixture.ServiceName,
-				TopologyID: "services",
-			},
-		},
 		Connections: []detailed.ConnectionsSummary{
 			{
 				ID:         "incoming-connections",
diff --git a/render/detailed/summary.go b/render/detailed/summary.go
index a78f52436..4d176aa7f 100644
--- a/render/detailed/summary.go
+++ b/render/detailed/summary.go
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ type NodeSummary struct {
 	Linkable   bool                 `json:"linkable,omitempty"` // Whether this node can be linked-to
 	Pseudo     bool                 `json:"pseudo,omitempty"`
 	Metadata   []report.MetadataRow `json:"metadata,omitempty"`
+	Parents    []Parent             `json:"parents,omitempty"`
 	Metrics    []report.MetricRow   `json:"metrics,omitempty"`
 	Tables     []report.Table       `json:"tables,omitempty"`
 	Adjacency  report.IDList        `json:"adjacency,omitempty"`
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ func baseNodeSummary(r report.Report, n report.Node) NodeSummary {
 		Linkable:  true,
 		Metadata:  NodeMetadata(r, n),
 		Metrics:   NodeMetrics(r, n),
+		Parents:   Parents(r, n),
 		Tables:    NodeTables(r, n),
 		Adjacency: n.Adjacency.Copy(),
 	}