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List Column Sizes

8/19/2011 10:44:49 AM
PHPRunner General questions
mcebula author

Hello, newbie questions on display of lists. I'm struggling with getting my lists to look good between the editor and the actual output. I'm using the Madrid layout and I have re-sizable columns set on in the Misc tab.
Is there a best practice how handle display differences between editor and actual output?. Is it better to use % or fixed pixel sizes for list columns? I found a way in the editor to adjust the table size to 100% (or slightly smaller like 97%) which seems to work pretty good most times but then I run into situations where the display of the lists gets messed up if I change type of user logged in (guest vs. regular update).
For example I get the display to look good for read-only (guest) users but then I log in as a regular update user and it looks bad. I understand the display will vary slightly between read-only & update users due to the the checkbox column and less icons in the actions column (update, copy, view).
I understand the users can adjust the columns sizes themselves but I just want to present the screens initially in a good looking way.

mcebula author 8/19/2011

I've done some additional research and it seems that turning OFF re-sizable columns feature and setting the table sizes of the list grids to 98% works good. The display holds true to what was set in the editor and also between different types of user roles.