diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 97f704f022c..974d09cb061 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ For upgrade instructions, please check the [migration guide](MIGRATIONS.md).
 - Added the possibility for admins to add experience domains while creating new tasks. [#4119](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/4119)
 
 ### Added
-- Added the possbility to enforce a certain magnification range for tasks (can be configured in the corresponding task type). [#4101](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/4101)
+- Added the possibility to enforce a certain magnification range for tasks (can be configured in the corresponding task type). [#4101](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/4101)
 - Added the possibility for admins to add experience domains while creating new tasks. [#4119](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/4119)
 - Added a histogram to the dataset settings for each layer. It simplifies adjusting the brightness and contrast of a layer and replaces the brightness and contrast slider. [#4105](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/4105)
+- The dataset and the explorative annotations table in the dashboard are now horizontally scrollable if the window is not wide enough. Additionally, clicking on the name of a dataset in the dataset table opens the dataset in view mode. [#4136](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/4136)
 - Added an two additional buttons to the dropdown menu of the tree hierarchy view. On Click, one collapses the other expands all subgroups. [#4143](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/4143)
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/frontend/javascripts/dashboard/advanced_dataset/dataset_table.js b/frontend/javascripts/dashboard/advanced_dataset/dataset_table.js
index 907d2baedf8..0e4ae0bfc0a 100644
--- a/frontend/javascripts/dashboard/advanced_dataset/dataset_table.js
+++ b/frontend/javascripts/dashboard/advanced_dataset/dataset_table.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import { Table, Icon, Tag } from "antd";
 import * as React from "react";
 import _ from "lodash";
+import { Link } from "react-router-dom";
 import dice from "dice-coefficient";
 
 import type { APITeam, APIMaybeUnimportedDataset } from "admin/api_flow_types";
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ class DatasetTable extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
         }
         onChange={this.handleChange}
         locale={{ emptyText: this.renderEmptyText() }}
+        className="large-table"
       >
         <Column
           title="Name"
@@ -154,7 +156,13 @@ class DatasetTable extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
           sortOrder={sortedInfo.columnKey === "name" && sortedInfo.order}
           render={(name: string, dataset: APIMaybeUnimportedDataset) => (
             <div>
-              {dataset.name}
+              <Link
+                to={`/datasets/${dataset.owningOrganization}/${dataset.name}/view`}
+                title="View Dataset"
+                style={{ color: "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65)" }}
+              >
+                {dataset.name}
+              </Link>
               <br />
               <Tag color={stringToColor(dataset.dataStore.name)}>{dataset.dataStore.name}</Tag>
             </div>
diff --git a/frontend/javascripts/dashboard/explorative_annotations_view.js b/frontend/javascripts/dashboard/explorative_annotations_view.js
index c8340c38d7c..4a4dc9a827a 100644
--- a/frontend/javascripts/dashboard/explorative_annotations_view.js
+++ b/frontend/javascripts/dashboard/explorative_annotations_view.js
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ class ExplorativeAnnotationsView extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
         pagination={{
           defaultPageSize: 50,
         }}
+        className="large-table"
       >
         <Column
           title="ID"
diff --git a/frontend/stylesheets/antd_overwrites.less b/frontend/stylesheets/antd_overwrites.less
index 51fabc5920e..a6d2479df08 100644
--- a/frontend/stylesheets/antd_overwrites.less
+++ b/frontend/stylesheets/antd_overwrites.less
@@ -89,6 +89,14 @@
 .ant-table-small > .ant-table-content > .ant-table-body > table > .ant-table-tbody > tr > td {
   padding: 1px 8px;
 }
+.large-table .ant-table-body {
+  overflow: auto;
+  word-break: break-word;
+}
+
+.large-table table > thead > tr > th:not(.ant-table-expand-icon-th) {
+  min-width: 200px;
+}
 
 label.ant-checkbox-wrapper {
   line-height: 1.5;