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It would be good if you change the width of the columns in the Child Pages list in the Admin Portal.
We are using the Minutes and Agendas module and the page names are quite long - they all start with the meeting date, so you can't see the important information to identify the meeting.
Hi Peter,
The column widths are optimised for a wide variety of use cases. I understand that in your case the width isn't sufficient, however adjusting it to suit this outlier scenario would negatively effect many other elements of the display.
If this is still an issue we'd recommend using search to find files with a specific name if the full file name isn't displayed.
Thanks,
Rodney
This is an issue for us as well. Most of our Service names follow a format such as:
And due to the narrow width of that column, it quickly becomes very difficult to scan the list of pages. Search isn't always useful, because when you have multiple content editors, you are not instantly familiar with what pages they have created, so the ability to efficiently browse is very important.
The search doesn't work in this scenario. As Jamie has suggested, you don't always know the exact name of the page. Searching for a specific part returns a shorter list, but the names are long so are still truncated by the column width. So you still can't find the exact page you are looking for without opening each one. We might have 10 or more reports with the same meeting date, so it becomes very difficult to find the one you need.
I'm not suggesting the width be changed permanently; just have the ability to drag the width of the column out when needed, as in a standard list view in Windows, to see more of the text.
Our democratic services staff have also raised this as an issue for them in their work - as follows:
"A suggestion/feedback on the layout of Web Pages / Child Pages.
Our issue is that when you scroll through all the child pages I cannot see the full Name of the document, so I cannot see the meeting date or if that document is an agenda or minutes without opening that page. Surely there is another way I can fully view the names of all the child pages?
I agree with Peter. This is a requested feature from our staff. If only the user was able to adjust the columns to their preference like you would find in Windows Explorer or Mac Finder.
I'm adding my 2 cents worth as well. Adjustable column sizes would be a godsend. Have them by default in your "optimised' width but give users the ability to change them as required.
Yes, user resizable columns would really save a lot of headaches.
Of even just add the full text in a title attribute so you can mouseover the text and see the full text.
Here are two workarounds for anyone frustrated by this.
1. Change the columns that are displayed. Depending on what you select, the Name column will go a bit wider.
2. Install the code below as a Bookmarklet in your browser toolbar. When you click it, the Name column will be expanded to 500px (or whatever you set the bolded value below).
javascript:(function(){if(typeof ZHJ1bW1lcg === 'undefined'){var jQueryScript=document.createElement('script');jQueryScript.setAttribute('src','//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js');var caput=document.getElementsByTagName('head');caput[0].appendChild(jQueryScript);ZHJ1bW1lcg=true;}setTimeout(function(){$(document).ready(function(){$("th.sgv-col-header:eq(0)").attr(%27style%27, %27width:500px !important%27);});},200);})();
also want to agree with everyone in this thread - changeable column widths would be very helpful!
Resizable columns would be awesome.
I've resorted to a browser-based CSS override that works well for what I need, which is to set the first column (page name) to be wider than the default.