Table view options

[Kirk_Masden]

I’d like to suggest that table view options (currently only displayed in UX --> options) also be displayed in UX --> Views when “table” has been selected as the “View type,” even if they can’t be edited there. I think most veteran app editors are aware that they need to go to UX --> Options to change table settings such as “Show column headers,” “Use horizontal scrolling,” and “Right-align numeric columns.” However, it’s quite counterintuitive. Personally, I’ve worked with the “deck” view type a lot but I’m still learning about using the “table” view because it just hasn’t come up for me. Today, I was trying to figure out why sample apps had column headers and mine didn’t and finally found the answer in a response to a question on this forum. By the way, I noticed that several people have been confused by this separation. Here’s a comment I wrote today on one such thread (apologies for some overlap with what I’ve written above):

Having Column headers in View (type=Table) H...

Personally, putting this setting and other related settings (“Use horizontal scrolling,” etc.) only in the “Options” part of the editor strikes me as a little counterintuitive. It would be nice if they could be in the UX --> Views section of the table one is actually working on, but I guess these are global setting for the entire app, and that’s why they are in UX --> Options. But why do they need to be a global settings? If there’s a need to turn them on and off depending on the app, it would seem to me that one might wnat to turn them on and off for each individual view.

Another possibility is to display the relevant “Options” settings in the “Views” area in a greyed out style (to indicate that they can’t be change there) when “table” is selected. A note might be added that they can be changed in the “Options” part of the app editor. I think I’ll make a separate post suggesting this.

[Aleksi]

Reasonable request!