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UX: It's hard to read the column name when cropped

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#543 opened on Jun 22, 2023

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Description

I noticed that the column name, when they are cropped, are hard to be identified unless we expand the width. 2023-06-22_08-05

However, sometimes it does not make sense to expand the column width, as the values are just simple values (numbers, boolean checkboxes).

I am not sure how to solve this. Here are some options I have in mind:

  • add a tooltip in the column name so we can have the full name on demand (probably not mobile-friendly);
  • allow the user to expand the height of the header, so the column name is rendered on several lines;

What do you think?

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Research direction
Investigate how column headers are rendered in Grist. Look for existing tooltip components or ways to add a title attribute to the column header element. Alternatively, consider modifying the CSS to allow multi line header text.
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