0022411: Columns settings in Options dialog box should be more intuitive

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update
0022411	MMW 5	General	public	2026-10-12 16:44	2026-10-27 22:28

Reporter	zvezdan	Assigned To
Priority	urgent	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	have not tried
Status	assigned	Resolution	open
Product Version	2027.0
Target Version	2027.0

Summary	0022411: Columns settings in Options dialog box should be more intuitive
Description	Columns settings on the Fields/Columns page of the Options dialog box are not intuitive and should have a better explanation, e.g. in tooltip. What do you mean by "Define columns for"? If it is about view settings, it should be in Configure View dialog box, not in the Options.
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Fixed in build

related to	0022410	closed	michal	Configure View dialog for List (by Album) could have overlapped controls, Columns and Displayed are not displayed as lists
related to	0017594	closed	Ludek	Ability to copy configured nodes between various views
related to	0022429	resolved	rusty	Fields / Columns page in the Options dialog should be renamed to just Fields (as it was before)
related to	0017032	feedback	michal	Allow Drag & Drop ordering of Sorting options in the Configure View dialog
child of	0022499	assigned	michal	Numerous issues with Grids/Views/Sorting

rusty 2026-10-16 15:56 administrator ~0083050	There's definitely room to improve this dialog (and to make it clearer how variousother items are configured (e.g. Artwork, grouping, etc.). Pushing to 2027.1.

rusty 2026-10-16 16:02 administrator ~0083051	image.png (71,876 bytes) image.png (71,876 bytes)

rusty 2026-10-27 21:13 administrator ~0083310	Summary: - The 'Available' and 'Displayed' columns should be vertically aligned (and arrows should be moved to the right) - The two columns should be used throughout the dialog (rather than configuring Summary fields and Sort fields horizontally)

zvezdan 2026-10-27 21:29 updater ~0083313	I don't understand your proposal. It is ok for Column settings dialog box that you get from the context menu of List / List (by Album) view header. But, that dialog is dependent on the current node and current view. How it could be used in the Options dialog that has global options? This is the same problem that I mentioned about Manage views dialog in 0022428.

zvezdan 2026-10-27 22:24 updater ~0083316	This issue is about the Column settings controls in the Options dialog box. Column settings in Options dialog.png (34,825 bytes) Column settings in Options dialog.png (34,825 bytes)