diff --git a/client/app/scripts/actions/app-actions.js b/client/app/scripts/actions/app-actions.js
index 1227d2c1f4..5056865387 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/actions/app-actions.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/actions/app-actions.js
@@ -36,7 +36,13 @@ export function toggleHelp() {
 
 
 export function toggleGridMode(enabled) {
-  return {type: ActionTypes.SET_GRID_MODE, enabled};
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    dispatch({
+      type: ActionTypes.SET_GRID_MODE,
+      enabled
+    });
+    updateRoute(getState);
+  };
 }
 
 
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-grid.js b/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-grid.js
index 91b20458f5..356fd21350 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-grid.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-grid.js
@@ -35,11 +35,16 @@ export default class NodesGrid extends React.Component {
     const { margins, nodes, height } = this.props;
     const cmpStyle = {
       height,
-      paddingTop: margins.top,
-      paddingBottom: margins.bottom,
+      marginTop: margins.top,
       paddingLeft: margins.left,
       paddingRight: margins.right,
     };
+    const tbodyHeight = height - 24 - 18;
+    const className = 'scroll-body';
+    const tbodyStyle = {
+      height: `${tbodyHeight}px`,
+      paddingBottom: 160
+    };
 
     const detailsData = {
       label: 'procs',
@@ -52,6 +57,9 @@ export default class NodesGrid extends React.Component {
       <div className="nodes-grid">
         <NodeDetailsTable
           style={cmpStyle}
+          className={className}
+          tbodyStyle={tbodyStyle}
+          topologyId={this.props.topologyId}
           onMouseOut={this.onMouseOut}
           onMouseOverRow={this.onMouseOverRow}
           {...detailsData}
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/app.js b/client/app/scripts/components/app.js
index 8f80f80510..e5e724770e 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/app.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/app.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ 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';
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ class App extends React.Component {
         dispatch(pinNextMetric(-1));
       } else if (char === '>') {
         dispatch(pinNextMetric(1));
+      } else if (char === 't') {
+        dispatch(toggleGridMode(false));
+      } else if (char === 'g') {
+        dispatch(toggleGridMode(true));
       } else if (char === 'q') {
         dispatch(unpinMetric());
         dispatch(selectMetric(null));
@@ -99,8 +103,8 @@ class App extends React.Component {
   }
 
   render() {
-    const { showingDetails, showingHelp, showingMetricsSelector, showingNetworkSelector,
-     showingTerminal } = this.props;
+    const { gridMode, showingDetails, showingHelp, showingMetricsSelector,
+      showingNetworkSelector, showingTerminal } = this.props;
 
     return (
       <div className="app">
@@ -124,11 +128,11 @@ class App extends React.Component {
 
         <Nodes />
 
-        <Sidebar>
+        <Sidebar classNames={gridMode ? 'sidebar-gridmode' : ''}>
+          {showingMetricsSelector && !gridMode && <MetricSelector />}
+          {showingNetworkSelector && !gridMode && <NetworkSelector />}
           <Status />
           <GridModeSelector />
-          {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 0000000000..18deba3f95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/grid-mode-selector.js
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+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, isSelected, onClick) {
+    const className = classNames('network-selector-action', {
+      'network-selector-action-selected': isSelected
+    });
+    return (
+      <div
+        className={className}
+        onClick={onClick} >
+        <span className={icons} style={{fontSize: 16}} />
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    const { gridMode } = this.props;
+
+    return (
+      <div className="network-selector">
+        <div className="network-selector-wrapper">
+          {this.renderItem('fa fa-th', !gridMode, this.disableGridMode)}
+          {this.renderItem('fa fa-bars', 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/node-details/node-details-table-node-metric.js b/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-table-node-metric.js
index 4b1ec52610..b0dc2b79d2 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
index c7a26c138e..acd9a59415 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-table-row.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-table-row.js
@@ -20,23 +20,25 @@ function getValuesForNode(node) {
 }
 
 
-function renderValues(node, columns = []) {
+function renderValues(node, columns = [], columnWidths = []) {
   const fields = getValuesForNode(node);
-  return columns.map(({id}) => {
+  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>
         );
       }
-      return <NodeDetailsTableNodeMetric key={field.id} {...field} />;
+      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" key={id} />;
+    return <td className="node-details-table-node-value" style={style} key={id} />;
   });
 }
 
@@ -53,13 +55,15 @@ export default class NodeDetailsTableRow extends React.Component {
   }
 
   render() {
-    const { node, nodeIdKey, topologyId, columns, onMouseOverRow, selected } = this.props;
-    const values = renderValues(node, columns);
+    const { node, nodeIdKey, topologyId, columns, onMouseOverRow, selected, widths } = this.props;
+    const [firstColumnWidth, ...columnWidths] = widths;
+    console.log(widths);
+    const values = renderValues(node, columns, columnWidths);
     const nodeId = node[nodeIdKey];
     const className = classNames('node-details-table-node', { selected });
     return (
       <tr onMouseOver={onMouseOverRow && this.onMouseOver} className={className}>
-        <td className="node-details-table-node-label truncate">
+        <td className="node-details-table-node-label truncate" style={{ width: firstColumnWidth }}>
           <NodeDetailsTableNodeLink
             topologyId={topologyId}
             nodeId={nodeId}
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 74170199f1..031ab4bfc9 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-table.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-table.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import React from 'react';
 import { Map as makeMap } from 'immutable';
+import classNames from 'classnames';
 
 import ShowMore from '../show-more';
 import NodeDetailsTableRow from './node-details-table-row';
@@ -13,9 +14,16 @@ function isNumberField(field) {
 
 const COLUMN_WIDTHS = {
   port: '44px',
-  count: '70px'
+  count: '70px',
+  process_cpu_usage_percent: '80px',
+  threads: '80px',
+  process_memory_usage_bytes: '80px',
+  open_files_count: '80px',
+  ppid: '80px',
+  pid: '80px',
 };
 
+
 function getDefaultSortBy(columns, nodes) {
   // default sorter specified by columns
   const defaultSortColumn = _.find(columns, {defaultSort: true});
@@ -75,6 +83,31 @@ function getSortedNodes(nodes, columns, sortBy, sortedDesc) {
 }
 
 
+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) {
@@ -101,33 +134,20 @@ export default class NodeDetailsTable extends React.Component {
     this.setState({limit});
   }
 
+  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 headers = this.getColumnHeaders();
+      const widths = getColumnsWidths(headers);
       const defaultSortBy = getDefaultSortBy(this.props);
 
-      // 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.length < 5) {
-        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];
-      });
-
       return (
         <tr>
-          {headers.map(header => {
+          {headers.map((header, i) => {
             const headerClasses = ['node-details-table-header', 'truncate'];
             const onHeaderClick = ev => {
               this.handleHeaderClick(ev, header.id);
@@ -144,8 +164,8 @@ export default class NodeDetailsTable extends React.Component {
 
             // set header width in percent
             const style = {};
-            if (header.width) {
-              style.width = header.width;
+            if (widths[i]) {
+              style.width = widths[i];
             }
 
             return (
@@ -183,14 +203,16 @@ export default class NodeDetailsTable extends React.Component {
       React.cloneElement(child, { nodeOrder })
     ));
 
+    const className = classNames('node-details-table-wrapper-wrapper', this.props.className);
+
     return (
-      <div className="node-details-table-wrapper-wrapper" style={this.props.style}>
+      <div className={className} style={this.props.style}>
         <div className="node-details-table-wrapper" onMouseOut={this.props.onMouseOut}>
           <table className="node-details-table">
             <thead>
               {headers}
             </thead>
-            <tbody>
+            <tbody style={this.props.tbodyStyle}>
               {nodes && nodes.map(node => (
                 <NodeDetailsTableRow
                   key={node.id}
@@ -198,6 +220,7 @@ export default class NodeDetailsTable extends React.Component {
                     this.props.highlightedNodeIds.has(node.id)}
                   node={node}
                   nodeIdKey={nodeIdKey}
+                  widths={getColumnsWidths(this.getColumnHeaders())}
                   columns={columns}
                   onMouseOverRow={onMouseOverRow}
                   topologyId={topologyId} />
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/nodes.js b/client/app/scripts/components/nodes.js
index 75e9459ab4..7080d831d9 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/nodes.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/nodes.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import NodesError from '../charts/nodes-error';
 import { isTopologyEmpty } from '../utils/topology-utils';
 import { CANVAS_MARGINS } from '../constants/styles';
 
-const navbarHeight = 160;
+const navbarHeight = 168;
 const marginTop = 0;
 
 /**
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ class Nodes extends React.Component {
           <NodesGrid {...this.state}
             nodeSize="24"
             nodes={nodes}
+            topologyId={this.props.currentTopologyId}
             margins={CANVAS_MARGINS}
             layoutPrecision={layoutPrecision}
             highlightedNodeIds={highlightedNodeIds}
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ function mapStateToProps(state) {
   return {
     gridMode: state.get('gridMode'),
     nodes: state.get('nodes'),
+    currentTopologyId: state.get('currentTopologyId'),
     topologyEmpty: isTopologyEmpty(state),
     highlightedNodeIds: state.get('highlightedNodeIds')
   };
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/sidebar.js b/client/app/scripts/components/sidebar.js
index 4a6973c00b..4e3f0c6419 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/styles/main.less b/client/app/styles/main.less
index 89e3de049a..2cf157da76 100644
--- a/client/app/styles/main.less
+++ b/client/app/styles/main.less
@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@ h2 {
     margin-bottom: 3px;
     border: 1px solid transparent;
 
-    background-color: #f7f7fa;
     &-active, &:hover {
       color: @text-color;
       background-color: @background-darker-secondary-color;
@@ -1216,9 +1215,18 @@ 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 {
@@ -1505,13 +1513,9 @@ h2 {
   .node-details-table-wrapper-wrapper {
     flex: 1;
 
-    overflow: scroll;
     display: flex;
     flex-direction: row;
-    margin: 8px 16px;
     width: 100%;
-    // border: 1px solid @background-darker-color;
-    padding-bottom: 36px;
 
     .node-details-table-wrapper {
       margin: 0;
@@ -1532,6 +1536,28 @@ h2 {
         background-color: @background-darker-color;
       }
     }
+  }
+
+  .scroll-body {
+
+    table {
+      border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
+    }
+
+    thead, tbody tr {
+      display: table;
+      width: 100%;
+      table-layout: fixed;
+    }
 
+    thead {
+      box-shadow: 0 4px 2px -2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.16);
+      border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;
+    }
+
+    tbody {
+      display: block;
+      overflow-y: scroll;
+    }
   }
 }