GNU bug report logs - #54917
Allow revealing content when tabulated list column is not wide enough

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Denes Kis <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: 54917 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#54917: Allow revealing content when tabulated list column is not wide enough
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 03:19:28 +0200

Denes Kis <laszlomail <at> protonmail.com> writes:

> When a column is not wide enough to show content then the content is
> cut off and a ... character appears beside it.
>
> To make it easy to see the full content add a mouse over, so when
> mouse is over this character or other character of the cut of content,
> a tooltip appears showing the full content of the cell.

You don't say what Emacs version you're reporting this issue for, but
this is how Emacs 29 already works.

> To make it easy to resize a column to fit content, if the user clicks
> the ... character then a popup menu can appear with an item like
> 'Resize column to fit content', so it can be done with a single click.

I'm not sure that sounds quite generally useful enough -- you can resize
the column easily enough with the `}' command.

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