Ability to Save different Colum Layouts

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orichardt
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Ability to Save different Colum Layouts

Post by orichardt »

First of all, thank you for an amazing program! This is by far the most efficient, lightweight and able search app!

It would be very beneficial to be able to save Column layouts so changing between them e.g. image search info, video search info, app search info (incl. version number e.g.) and then be able to recall them like it's possible with bookmarks and filters.

Thank you again.
therube
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Re: Ability to Save different Colum Layouts

Post by therube »

(Different, but you could use multiple named Instances to approximate something like that.)
void
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Re: Ability to Save different Colum Layouts

Post by void »

Thank you for your feedback.

Columns sets are on my TODO list.
Thank you for the suggestion.

For now, columns can be set from a bookmark with the /columns search command.

For example:

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/columns [{"name":"Name","width":330},{"name":"Path","width":330},{"name":"Size","width":46},{"name":"Date Modified","width":99}]


/columns
orichardt
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Re: Ability to Save different Colum Layouts

Post by orichardt »

thank you for the reply, i will try out this workaround, glad the suggestion is on the to-do list :-)
winston
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Re: Ability to Save different Colum Layouts

Post by winston »

void wrote: Tue Jun 24, 2025 11:54 pm Thank you for your feedback.

Columns sets are on my TODO list.
Thank you for the suggestion.

For now, columns can be set from a bookmark with the /columns search command.

For example:

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/columns [{"name":"Name","width":330},{"name":"Path","width":330},{"name":"Size","width":46},{"name":"Date Modified","width":99}]


/columns
Is there any way of doing that from a macro? I know i can add columns from a macro, but then i cant control their width

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add-column:a a:=$size:
And if i use

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/columns [{"name":"Name","width":330},{"name":"Path","width":330},{"name":"Size","width":46},{"name":"Date Modified","width":99}]
in say a bookmark, the macro wont work.

Another question, is there a way to make the bookmarks search terms hidden, like they are with filters?
void
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Re: Ability to Save different Colum Layouts

Post by void »

It's currently not possible to set the column width from a normal search.
A search command to do this is on my TODO list.


Another question, is there a way to make the bookmarks search terms hidden, like they are with filters?
No.
Thy Grand Voidinesss
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Re: Ability to Save different Colum Layouts

Post by Thy Grand Voidinesss »

void wrote: Tue Jun 24, 2025 11:54 pm [...]
Columns sets are on my TODO list.
[...]
orichardt wrote: Wed Jun 25, 2025 7:35 am [...]
glad the suggestion is on the to-do list :-)

I concur

I too would like to see such feature. It is present in my file-manager FreeCommander and it is simply invaluable to be able to easily switch in it between various modes / views of works
Last edited by Thy Grand Voidinesss on Sat Oct 18, 2025 7:47 am, edited 3 times in total.
void
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Re: Ability to Save different Colum Layouts

Post by void »

Everything 1.5.0.1400a adds the option to specify the column widths with adding columns from a search.

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add-columns:[{"name":"width","width":50},{"name":"height","width":50}]
winston
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Re: Ability to Save different Colum Layouts

Post by winston »

void wrote: Thu Oct 09, 2025 5:13 am Everything 1.5.0.1400a adds the option to specify the column widths with adding columns from a search.

For example:

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add-columns:[{"name":"width","width":50},{"name":"height","width":50}]
Excellent.
However, if i have a search filter that sets columns and their width, and i execute that with a macro, when i remove the macro, the column width change remains, any way around that? I'd like it to just revert to how it looked before.

For example, using a filter with this as search term:

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add-columns:[{"name":"Name","width":352},{"name":"Shortcut Target","width":628},{"name":"Date Run","width":107}]
void
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Re: Ability to Save different Colum Layouts

Post by void »

I will consider making the widths temporary.
Thank you for the suggestion.

For now, setting the widths is permanent.