Subject Re: Change Navigator columns width From Gaetano D. <gaetanodd@hotmail.com> Date Mon, 10 May 2021 17:35:37 +1000 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 10/05/2021 17:15, Mervyn Bick wrote: > On 2021/05/10 05:59, Ken Mayer wrote: > >> I don't know of any specific properties you can change to deal with >> this. I just took a look at the various dialogs, and there are no >> settings. If you look at PLUS.INI (the name of the .ini file used by >> dBASE), these are the only settings for the navigator: >> >> [Navigator] >> IconType=0 >> Minimized=0 >> Maximized=0 >> Position=15 1 1283 320 >> CurrentTab=10 >> Open=1 >> >> >> I don't see anything that deals with filename lengths, column widths, >> etc. > > Changing the IconType changes the way the filenames are displayed. > > This is one of the few changes that "stick" if done from the Command > Panel while dBASE is open. > > a = _app.inifile > modi comm &a > > Change the IconType value, save the the inifile, close and reopen dBASE. > > The default in my inifile is IconType=0. > > Five screenshots showing the various settings for IconType are attached. > > Mervyn. > > > > I'd love the width to auto-fit (like Roy) and the columns to be "sortable", i.e. click on the headers to sort by file name or date, but that is more of a wish-list item... in a folder with lots of files, the most recently modified is easier to find if you can sort by file timestamp. Roy, do post this in the wishlist newsgroup, I will second it, as will many people! Gaetano.