From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#54917: Allow revealing content when tabulated list column is not wide enough Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 03:19:28 +0200 Message-ID: <87ilrco40v.fsf@gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="39287"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 54917@debbugs.gnu.org To: Denes Kis Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 14 03:20:11 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1neo9b-000A2I-SE for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 14 Apr 2022 03:20:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36636 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1neo9a-0004sQ-Fu for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 13 Apr 2022 21:20:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:51136) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1neo9T-0004rv-4B for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Apr 2022 21:20:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:60543) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1neo9S-0007jV-Qt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Apr 2022 21:20:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1neo9S-0005nh-LK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Apr 2022 21:20:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 01:20:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 54917 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 54917-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B54917.164989917922250 (code B ref 54917); Thu, 14 Apr 2022 01:20:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 54917) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Apr 2022 01:19:39 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54437 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1neo94-0005mo-U8 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 13 Apr 2022 21:19:39 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:35410) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1neo93-0005mW-51 for 54917@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 13 Apr 2022 21:19:37 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=RE8qg3uT4qF5Vwo/O/F37phqVF/bJcFDxPucJ0Pqtjo=; b=ZyaBlTF8PEY5e5sLU+CY93rtFM rXZm9omiq2CHdS4SlOWdkrtKJVFjQQuARJ3NC5K+I0QkQebC/O7/6F1lODtasXBEcZ556bAfJeujI TtnI2by+ajrI61T5bdWuH/0z7Fs1Fd9Atj764DuIT54zrvajBK0G0pdR7d5Bb3FY86Wc=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1neo8u-00039y-MA; Thu, 14 Apr 2022 03:19:30 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Denes Kis's message of "Wed, 13 Apr 2022 18:12:51 +0000") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:229847 Archived-At: Denes Kis 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. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no