Fixed columns vs saved column widths

[Derek Atkins]

Geert Janssens <janssens-geert at telenet.be> writes:

> On Thursday 9 September 2010, Martin Preuss wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> On Donnerstag 09 September 2010, Geert Janssens wrote:
>> [...]
>> 
>> > * drop the idea of unresizeable columns. Let the user decide for himself
>> > how wide to make each column, including the one we devs thought would
>> > warant a fixed size.
>> 
>> [...]
>> 
>> I would prefer that one. I find it surprising that some columns can be
>>  changed and others can't... I believe it's much simpler to have all
>>  columns resizeable by the user...
>> 
>> 
> Perhaps I should have clarified that the columns in question are checkbox 
> columns. So the visible information is in principle only one checkbox, which 
> never changes size itself.
>
> Do you still feel then this column should be resizeable ?

Well, it might be nice to resize to see the full header..  Or once I
know what it is to reduce it to just the size of the checkbox.

-derek

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