Change width of control panel columns

[coastalrugs]

I am editing some option choices. In the table listing the option choices, many are truncated (just visually to fit the column). Is there a way to alter the column widths of these tables?

I would like to make the 'Choice' column wider to show more of the choice text.

Thanks.

[Jamie]

We don't have a feature to change the number of characters shown in a column before they are truncated.

[coastalrugs]

I know this is slightly old, but I propose the following 'solution' until something more robust replaces it:

In the control panel, looking at the data-grid of products, options, option values, etc... the Names can sometimes run a bit long and their titles are truncated to fit in the column. This can be a bit frustrating as some options and such may have very similar names, like 'My special product - black' and 'My special product - blue'. Both these items may be truncated to 'My special product - b...', making it very difficult to tell them apart in the control panel.

Workaround/Solution:
Add a 'title' attribute to the table cell containing these items so at the very least a brief hover over the cell will reveal the item's full name.

This can be done in the file:
squirrelcart/includes/show_records/data_grid.inc.php (line 700ish)
Original:

print "<td style=\"$border_left; ".$cell_styles[$r][$fname]."\" class=\"record_td\">$data_row[$fname]</td>"; 

Altered:

if($fname == 'Name' || $fname == 'Choice'){
    //Modified line to include title attribute
    print "<td style=\"$border_left; ".$cell_styles[$r][$fname]."\" class=\"record_td\" title=\"".htmlentities($record[$fname], ENT_QUOTES)."\">$data_row[$fname]</td>";
}else{
    //original line below, encapsulating conditional loop added
    print "<td style=\"$border_left; ".$cell_styles[$r][$fname]."\" class=\"record_td\">$data_row[$fname]</td>";
} 

This could be simplified to add the if() statement inline to the table cell creation, but I like to make clear notations in the alterations I make, so the above code is a bit verbose.

[Jamie]

Thanks for the suggestion. We have plans to update much of the design in the control panel in the future and will address this when we do that. That most likely will be the main focus of v4 in the same way the storefront got most of the attention in v3.