diff --git a/src/docs/user/configuration/custom_fields.diviner b/src/docs/user/configuration/custom_fields.diviner
--- a/src/docs/user/configuration/custom_fields.diviner
+++ b/src/docs/user/configuration/custom_fields.diviner
@@ -119,6 +119,12 @@
     above the control when rendered on the edit view.
   - **placeholder**: A placeholder text that appears on text boxes. Only
     supported in text, int and remarkup fields (optional).
+  - **list**: If set to `icon`, `attribute` or `byline`, the value of the field
+    will be shown in list-view.
+    - **list.icon**: If `list` is set to `icon`, use this icon. These are the
+      same icons that can be used in the `{icon}` syntax for Remarkup.
+    - **list.label**: When rendering value in a list, use this label (instead of
+      `name`).
   - **copy**: If true, this field's value will be copied when an object is
     created using another object as a template.
   - **limit**: For control types which use a tokenizer control to let the user
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomField.php b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomField.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomField.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomField.php
@@ -301,6 +301,10 @@
   }
 
   public function renderPropertyViewValue(array $handles) {
+    return $this->renderValue();
+  }
+
+  protected function renderValue() {
     // If your field needs to render anything more complicated then a string,
     // then you should override this method.
     $value_str = phutil_string_cast($this->getFieldValue());
@@ -311,6 +315,73 @@
     return null;
   }
 
+  public function shouldAppearInListView() {
+    return $this->getFieldConfigValue('list', false);
+  }
+
+  public function getStyleForListItemView() {
+    return $this->getFieldConfigValue('list');
+  }
+
+  public function renderListItemValue() {
+    return $this->renderValue();
+  }
+
+  private function isValue($something) {
+    if (is_object($something)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    return phutil_nonempty_scalar($something);
+  }
+
+  public function getValueForListItem() {
+    $style = $this->getStyleForListItemView();
+    $value = $this->renderListItemValue();
+    if (!$this->isValue($value) || !$style) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    switch ($style) {
+      case 'icon':
+        // TODO maybe expose 'list.icon.alt' for hover stuff.
+        return 'fa-'.$this->getFieldConfigValue('list.icon');
+      case 'attribute':
+      case 'byline':
+        $label = $this->getFieldConfigValue('list.label', $this->getFieldName()); /// TODO fall-back to name/caption
+        if (phutil_nonempty_string($label)) {
+          return pht('%s: %s', $label, $value);
+        }
+        return $value;
+      default:
+        throw new Exception(
+          pht(
+            "Unknown field list-item view style '%s'; valid styles are ".
+            "'%s', '%s'and '%s'.",
+            $style,
+            'icon',
+            'attribute',
+            'byline'));
+    }
+  }
+
+  public function renderOnListItem(PHUIObjectItemView $view) {
+    $value = $this->getValueForListItem();
+    if (!$this->isValue($value)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    switch ($this->getStyleForListItemView()) {
+      case 'icon':
+        $view->addIcon($value);
+        break;
+      case 'attribute':
+        $view->addAttribute($value);
+        break;
+      case 'byline':
+        $view->addByline($value);
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+
   public function shouldAppearInApplicationSearch() {
     return $this->getFieldConfigValue('search', false);
   }
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldBlueprints.php b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldBlueprints.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldBlueprints.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldBlueprints.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
       $new);
   }
 
-  public function renderPropertyViewValue(array $handles) {
+  protected function renderValue() {
     $value = $this->getFieldValue();
     if (!$value) {
       return phutil_tag('em', array(), pht('No authorized blueprints.'));
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldBool.php b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldBool.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldBool.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldBool.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   }
 
   public function setValueFromStorage($value) {
-    if (strlen($value)) {
+    if (phutil_nonempty_scalar($value)) {
       $value = (bool)$value;
     } else {
       $value = null;
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
         (bool)$this->getFieldValue());
   }
 
-  public function renderPropertyViewValue(array $handles) {
+  protected function renderValue() {
     $value = $this->getFieldValue();
     if ($value) {
       return $this->getString('view.yes', pht('Yes'));
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldCredential.php b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldCredential.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldCredential.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldCredential.php
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@
     return array();
   }
 
-  public function renderPropertyViewValue(array $handles) {
+  protected function renderValue() {
     $value = $this->getFieldValue();
     if ($value) {
-      return $handles[$value]->renderLink();
+      return $this->getViewer()->renderHandle($value);
     }
     return null;
   }
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldDate.php b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldDate.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldDate.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldDate.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     $this->setFieldValue($value);
   }
 
-  public function renderPropertyViewValue(array $handles) {
+  protected function renderValue() {
     $value = $this->getFieldValue();
     if (!$value) {
       return null;
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldHeader.php b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldHeader.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldHeader.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldHeader.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     return 'header';
   }
 
-  public function renderPropertyViewValue(array $handles) {
+  protected function renderValue() {
     return $this->getFieldName();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldLink.php b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldLink.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldLink.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldLink.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     return $indexes;
   }
 
-  public function renderPropertyViewValue(array $handles) {
+  protected function renderValue() {
     $value = $this->getFieldValue();
 
     if (!strlen($value)) {
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldPHIDs.php b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldPHIDs.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldPHIDs.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldPHIDs.php
@@ -72,15 +72,14 @@
     return array();
   }
 
-  public function renderPropertyViewValue(array $handles) {
+  protected function renderValue() {
     $value = $this->getFieldValue();
     if (!$value) {
       return null;
     }
 
-    $handles = mpull($handles, 'renderHovercardLink');
-    $handles = phutil_implode_html(', ', $handles);
-    return $handles;
+    return $this->getViewer()->renderHandleList($value)
+      ->setAsInline(true);
   }
 
   public function getRequiredHandlePHIDsForEdit() {
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldRemarkup.php b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldRemarkup.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldRemarkup.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldRemarkup.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     );
   }
 
-  public function renderPropertyViewValue(array $handles) {
+  protected function renderValue() {
     $value = $this->getFieldValue();
 
     if (!phutil_nonempty_string($value)) {
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldSelect.php b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldSelect.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldSelect.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomFieldSelect.php
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
       ->setOptions($this->getOptions());
   }
 
-  public function renderPropertyViewValue(array $handles) {
+  protected function renderValue() {
     if (!phutil_nonempty_string($this->getFieldValue())) {
       return null;
     }