Fixed columns vs saved column widths

[Geert Janssens]

On Friday 10 September 2010, Geert Janssens wrote:
> On Friday 10 September 2010, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > Geert Janssens <janssens-geert at telenet.be> writes:
> > > 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.
> 
> The column header is only one character. That's explicitly stated in the
> source code and translation. The full name is displayed as a tooltip.
> 
> So all functionality is there even without resizing the column.
> 
> > -derek
> 
> Geert
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Ok, thanks for your feedback all. I have decided to apply the patch the user 
submitted anyway, meaning keep the unresizeable column. It has a very slight 
disadvantage compared to full user control, but considering the other design 
decisions (one character title and useful tooltip) this is only limited. The 
fixed behavior is in any case better than what we had. If full control is 
important enough to you feel free to send in a patch for the current code and 
I'll gladly apply it.

Geert