ability to specify subform table view column widths

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Gabriel Granger

August 07, 2019 15:46

On forms & subforms it is possible using reference ID 2 to specify which element are displayed, in which order and ascending/descending which is awesome, is there any scope at some point in the future to allow us to be able to specific a custom width of the columns we choose to display.  The current method of equally dividing the screen based on the number of column you want displayed is fine for most situations.

Im my case on a few subforms the first 2 columns i'm displaying all have short answers and the 3rd column is a text element which contains a lot more information by comparison.

Column A = Date(8 character limit), Column B = number element limited to 3 digits, Column C = text element.

I'm not expecting to be able to display everything in column C from the element but reducing or specifying the exact width of Column A and B would allow for more information to be displayed from column C.

Many thanks

Gabe

 

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  Joe Vetoe February 12, 2020 15:44

  Hi, Gabriel. Thanks so much for this suggestion. I can definitely see where this can be useful. It's not currently on our roadmap, but something for us to give serious consideration to down the road if we can get more customers sharing their use case for this functionality. Thanks again!

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  Gabriel Granger February 13, 2020 09:57 (Edited February 13, 2020 11:11)

  Hi Joe,  

  Thank you for your response,

  There is another case where customisation of the width and quantity of columns would be beneficial for inspectors.  My inspectors carry out multiple visits during a single week noting the "Contractor" & "Specialisation" and "Quantity" of people on site. In my use case we are using the same form and simply update it each visit rather than starting a new form each week so we have all data entered previously and the inspector updates the form to generate a new report.  Being able to see in the table view all this information means the inspector only needs to edit the record where something has changed, having the ability to change the widths means i can utilise the view better as day of week only needs to be 3 characters wide so that i can accommodate larger area for the name of the contractor and their specialisation.

  Below is dummy data and how a construction site changes between visits, in our case there is between 10 - 32 Contractors on site at any one time during construction. Being able to view this data without having to go into each record would be great.  Currently I am only able to display "Contractor" and "Specialisation" as I am limited to 5 column and need 7 to display everything.  In RED are quantity changes between 2 weeks. 

   

  

   

   

   

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