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From: Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es>
Subject: Re: org table toggle narrowing and true column hiding
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>>> "Michael" == Michael Brand <michael.ch.brand@gmail.com> writes:

   > Hi Uwe
   > On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 11:24 AM, Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> wrote:

   >> Any plans to implement true column hiding for org tables?

   > Not that I know of. How would you select a hidden column to unhide it?

Similar as in LO/OO excel and friends, I would need to have
org-table-toggle-coordinate-overlays on
and so columns are indicated by $1, $2 etc
and hidden columns would correspond to missing numbers

|$1-+|$6

so $2, $3 $4 $5 are hidden

   > To view only one field at a time and optionally edit it you can use
   > "C-c `" with zero, one or -- the coolest -- two C-u prefixes:


That is indeed cool thanks

Uwe