From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Brand Subject: Re: org table toggle narrowing and true column hiding Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 18:23:18 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87o9thk827.fsf@mat.ucm.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60730) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dORMe-00020T-UJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jun 2017 12:23:21 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dORMd-0008G2-MD for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jun 2017 12:23:20 -0400 Received: from mail-qk0-x22a.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c09::22a]:35294) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dORMd-0008Fd-Ft for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Jun 2017 12:23:19 -0400 Received: by mail-qk0-x22a.google.com with SMTP id 16so39566503qkg.2 for ; Fri, 23 Jun 2017 09:23:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87o9thk827.fsf@mat.ucm.es> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: Org Mode Hi Uwe On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 11:24 AM, Uwe Brauer 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? > Concerning narrowing (poor man version of hiding) > > | Name | passport | Other | > | | <2> | | > | John Doe | 1234567 | | This is a good idea for your use case. > The question is simple: how can a toggle narrowing? To view all columns at once you can temporarily "C-c SPC C-c C-c" on <2> and double undo. 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: (info "(org) Built-in table editor") `C-c ` (`org-table-edit-field')' Edit the current field in a separate window. This is useful for fields that are not fully visible (*note Column width and alignment::). When called with a `C-u' prefix, just make the full field visible, so that it can be edited in place. When called with two `C-u' prefixes, make the editor window follow the cursor through the table and always show the current field. The follow mode exits automatically when the cursor leaves the table, or when you repeat this command with `C-u C-u C-c `'. Michael