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Layer manager - lock column width

Layer manager - lock column width

Using the layer explorer - the ability to lock column width to a fixed dimension, regardless of contents would avoid the situation in which long names, inherited from revit, would expand the column width.

At the moment double clicking on a layer does three things: selects all objects within the layer, expands the layer, and resizes the name column to make all names fully visible. This quickly pushes other columns outside of the area of the explorer, so that sideways scrolling is required or constant resizing of the columns.

Removing the expanding layer double click function and just retaining select all on double click would also fix this, although the issue would still exist when expanding layer for whatever reason. The ability expand a layer comes from the layer arrow anyway, so the double click function isn't required.

6 Comments
bigonethegod
Enthusiast

I would better say just rework layer manager also with scene manager and local scene manager and global scene manager and make one clear objects manager

great idea. This go hand in hand with this other one

Optimize scene explorer's real estate

 

I know that the best practice is to make isolated suggestions instead of more general ones but there are lots of small but very handy ideas here on the forums that could very well pass under the radar and not given enough credit if taken alone in regards to the Scene Explorer and Layer Explorer bigger picture. Therefore Ive made a robust compilation of some directions in which the Scene Explorer can be improved and included this idea as well.

 

[Scene Explorers] Improved design and functionality

TB_RIO
Advocate

Bump. Any progress? 2021 and we still can't control the width of columns.

bump!

@TB_RIO Just try it on my side and it seems the name columns gets resized when collapsing the Layer instead of double clicking it or clicking the arrow to expand it.

 

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