diff --git a/templates/repo/issue/sidebar/project_column.tmpl b/templates/repo/issue/sidebar/project_column.tmpl
index ea08d47d6c..3c6aa4d021 100644
--- a/templates/repo/issue/sidebar/project_column.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/issue/sidebar/project_column.tmpl
@@ -1,30 +1,25 @@
 {{$pageMeta := .}}
 {{$data := .ProjectsData}}
-{{if and $pageMeta.Issue $pageMeta.Issue.Project $data.ProjectColumns (gt (len $data.ProjectColumns) 1) $pageMeta.CanModifyIssueOrPull}}
+{{if and $pageMeta.Issue $pageMeta.Issue.Project $data.ProjectColumns (gt (len $data.ProjectColumns) 1)}}
+{{if $pageMeta.CanModifyIssueOrPull}}
 <div class="issue-sidebar-combo" id="sidebar-project-column"
 	data-selection-mode="single" data-update-algo="all"
 	data-update-url="{{$pageMeta.RepoLink}}/issues/projects/column?issue_id={{$pageMeta.Issue.ID}}">
 	<input class="combo-value" name="column_id" type="hidden" value="{{$data.SelectedColumnID}}">
-	<div class="ui dropdown full-width">
-		<a class="fixed-text muted">
-			<strong>{{svg "octicon-columns" 16}} Column</strong>
-		</a>
+	<div class="ui dropdown selection fluid">
+		<div class="default text">{{range $data.ProjectColumns}}{{if eq .ID $data.SelectedColumnID}}{{.Title}}{{end}}{{end}}</div>
+		{{svg "octicon-triangle-down" 14 "dropdown icon"}}
 		<div class="menu">
 			{{range $data.ProjectColumns}}
-				<div class="item {{if eq .ID $data.SelectedColumnID}}checked{{end}}" data-value="{{.ID}}">{{.Title}}</div>
+				<div class="item {{if eq .ID $data.SelectedColumnID}}active selected checked{{end}}" data-value="{{.ID}}">{{.Title}}</div>
 			{{end}}
 		</div>
 	</div>
-	<div class="ui list muted-links">
-		<span class="item empty-list tw-hidden">No column</span>
-		{{range $data.ProjectColumns}}
-			{{if eq .ID $data.SelectedColumnID}}
-				<span class="item">{{svg "octicon-columns" 16 "tw-mr-1"}}{{.Title}}</span>
-			{{end}}
-		{{end}}
+	<div class="ui list tw-hidden">
+		<span class="item empty-list">No column</span>
 	</div>
 </div>
-{{else if and $pageMeta.Issue $pageMeta.Issue.Project $data.ProjectColumns (gt (len $data.ProjectColumns) 1)}}
+{{else}}
 {{range $data.ProjectColumns}}
 	{{if eq .ID $data.SelectedColumnID}}
 	<div class="tw-mt-1">
@@ -33,3 +28,4 @@
 	{{end}}
 {{end}}
 {{end}}
+{{end}}