12.2 / size column width to optimum

[M&M]

Hello,

In my opinion, the best way to create different views based on the needs of users and issues is the "Customized View", as the views can be saved and called up according to current needs.

The automatic column width introduced with version 12.2 overwrites the “Customized Views” and thus overrides an essential tool for the individual design of EPIM - very regrettable.

Regards M&M

[DG]

EPIM v12.2 build 1041 resizes columns in tasks each time I edit a task. This was a problem I reported during Beta, and it seemed to be fixed in the Release Candidate. Steps to reproduce:

• Size the columns so that dates, subject, etc., fully display.
• Edit a date field while in table mode (i.e., not with the edit dialog).
• Save the change.

Result: EPIM resizes columns, reducing their width.

[poet-man]

@ admin

poet-man, could you please record a short video demonstrating the issue?

Before doing videos ...
In contacts module I do a doubleclick at deviders after "Lastname", "created" and "mobile", which delivers optimal width. After restart of program, sometimes width is consistant, but after making doubleclicks on deviders for other fields and restarting program, suddenly widths are different.
Especially with "created" it seems to happen rather often (not always).
I'd appreciate, if you had some more tries, as it doesnot happen always.
If it still is not reproable for you, please tell.

[admin]

DG, we're unable to reproduce this on our side. Please check if the same issue occurs with a new database. If it does, recording a short video and sharing it with us would be immensely helpful.

poet-man, we're still unable to reproduce any of the reported issues. Unfortunately, no one has been able to provide us with a short video demonstrating the problem so far.

[M&M]

Hello,

I have the impression that with the changeover to the Chrome engine, display problems occur again and again, which are now apparently also noticeable in the automatic column width.

With version 12.2, the zoom view has also become more unstable again, although I use the WebView2Loader.dll from Microsoft (in my opinion more stable and smoother display) and not the one installed with EPIM.

Perhaps it is also due to the fact that many functions in EPIM appear several times in a similar form (filters, sorting, views, ...), which influence each other possibly due to incorrect query syntax or query hierarchies?

Unfortunately, the display errors cannot usually be clearly described, as they appear differently - perhaps due to the mutual influence of similar functions.

I wish the EPIM team every success in correcting the current inconsistencies.

Regards M&M

[DanFelix]

Interesting issue. I do not experience any column reconfiguration for any module after any use/close down of EPIM. I have Win 11 on a machine built before the AI requirements. My video drivers and card are the default and I use FFox to access desktop EPIM. Not sure this helps but the issue may not be related or repaired by EPIM, even though it presents in the program.

[poet-man]

@admin
please find small video attached.
You should see at the end of video, that after doubleclicking on devider of the column "created" and restart of program, the end of column (time) is cut off a bit.

[M&M]

Hello EPIM team,

please remove the automatic adjustment of the column width from the program or at least create an option to switch off the automatic adjustment of the column width.

The automatic adjustment of the column width overlays the "Customized Views" and thus makes the most productive instrument for individual views and evaluations unusable.

Many thanks and best regards

M&M

[admin]

poet-man, thanks for the video. Unfortunately, due to the area shown we weren't able to understand anything from it. If you'd prefer not to expose your real data, please create a new database with a few test entries and make sure the full EPIM window is visible in the recording. Thank you!

[poet-man]

Thats amazing ... how could you not understand anything??
Have a look to the screenshot I did from last picture of video! It shows a cut off time. Showing "17:1"
Going back in video a bit you see, that I did a doubleclick on devider, which let me see the full time "17:15". After restart of program in video the character "5" had been cut off, due to reduced column width. This is visible in video!

[admin]

We need to see the full details in order to get to the cause of the issue. Unfortunately, the important information is missing from your video.

[Piman314]

I am having the same issue with 12.2 Build 1041 on Windows 10, but have just discovered something. If using EPIM in a maximized window (in my case, 1920×1080), the column widths are as I set them. If the window is smaller (I usually have EPIM on one half of the screen opposite another app, in order to compare and copy information), then all columns in Tasks and Contacts are collapsed to about 4 characters wide. I can see some logic in this, but 4 characters is too narrow to read the names on my list! When maximizing the window again, the column widths are as I want them.

The above applies to horizontal view. In vertical view, the fact that an individual contact is open (and unfortunately very wide, due to where the photo is) compresses the main table of information in the middle of the screen.

I would like to have my own column widths override the defaults in all views and all window sizes, so that I can get to the information quickly. Some horizontal scrolling is going to be inevitable, and a decent mouse can handle it. The main thing is being able to read the information at a glance.

[poet-man]

@admin
ok ... will provide the "full detaills" in a full video via PN

[Piman314]

Another discovery: The default column widths are in relation to how many columns there are, and there seems to be a minimum width. I have a lot of custom fields for my contacts, therefore the default width is very narrow. Displaying only a few fields allows me to make them wider, and my width is then remembered (at the cost of not seeing the other fields).

[admin]

Piman314, appreciate your feedback. Another user, M&M, requested the same feature (disabling dynamic column sizing) just a couple of posts before yours. Based on this, we'll aim to introduce it in one of the upcoming version updates.