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Better visibility for long field names in the objects pane

haskia
Partner - Contributor III
Partner - Contributor III

Better visibility for long field names in the objects pane

I'd like to add an idea for better visibility of long field names and master items such as
Sales on Target North Europe (USD)
SomeProductName Market Share (%)
10.2.4.1 KPI - Cost of Goods Sold (Previous Year)

Usually the most relevant information can be found at the end of the description text, when creating Master Items. In the current object list view this piece of information is often clipped off due to the fixed width. The full text can only be retrieved by hovering over or clicking through multiple items in the list until you find the one you are searching for. 

I think many Qlik app designers know the frustration of having to duplicate items that start with the same text and getting lost between your duplicates and therefore editing the wrong field. 

There are simple solutions to this problem and I want to suggest two:

  1. Implement line-breaks and word-wraps for field names.
    We have added some CSS to our custom Sense Theme to realize this feature. 
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  2. Since everything is reactive you could simply make the object pane width resizable.
    (This feature would be nice in other parts of the application too,  e.g. Data Load Editor) 
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I have checked and this issue exists in all versions of Qlik Sense: Qlik Sense Business , Qlik Sense Desktop , Qlik Cloud.

Looking forward to hear your opinions on this.

4 Comments
AndrewMcIlwrick
Luminary Alumni
Luminary Alumni
A great suggestion - and your two screenshots look brilliant to explain it
Patric_Nordstrom
Employee
Employee

Thank you all for your feedback on ways to improve our product. While this is something we understand would be useful, it's not on the short-term roadmap. Please continue to show your support for this idea by commenting and liking.

The full name is shown in popup in hover:

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Thanks,

Patric

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