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Old 12-07-2024, 07:20 PM   #1
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A tip for the book list
If you find yourself repeatedly unhiding a specific column for some purpose (e.g. looking at it in Quickview), consider adding it but setting it to the minimum width with a column icon:

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As seen here, you'll also get a nifty tooltip
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Old 12-07-2024, 08:05 PM   #2
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Nice, I usually hide the Tags column
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Yup, I also had #subjects (composite based mostly on tags) hidden until I got tired of unhiding it for Quickview.
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I tab to the column in question, press H to pop the header-menu and then select/click Hide <whatever>

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To restore it I normally use VM->Re-Apply Current View (Ctrl+Alt+R)

I have tooltips in the booklist turned off.

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If you find yourself repeatedly unhiding a specific column for some purpose (e.g. looking at it in Quickview), consider adding it but setting it to the minimum width with a column icon:

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As seen here, you'll also get a nifty tooltip
This has bought a wish list item to mind. I'd like to have another attribute for columns: 'Long name'.

I'd use it for 'icon' columns such as this. I have a several long text columns that I cloak with icons. Example: I have a #checklist/CL column, that contains a URL to a Onenote page in an <a href>Text</a> tag .

In the Book details I show the <a> tag text; but, in this context the "CL" looks weird. So, I use a virtual column with template {#checklist} -- #checklist_virtual/Checklist, .

If columns had a 'Long name' attribute I could drop the virtual columns.

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I once asked about separate labels for column header and book details, as I recall it was impractical. I think the ellide was added because I asked if there was a way to make it look nicer (it previously just cut off entirely).
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I once asked about separate labels for column header and book details, as I recall it was impractical. I think the ellide was added because I asked if there was a way to make it look nicer (it previously just cut off entirely).
What to do about built-in columns is one hurdle -- allow users to change built-in header and long names -- that would be a triple jump.

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