Column Layout

Column layout commands let you control how columns appear on screen — their width, whether they're visible, their left-to-right order, and which columns stay visible as key identifiers while scrolling.

Learning Focus

Use _ to expand truncated columns, - to hide distracting columns, H/L to reorder, and ! to mark key identifiers so they stay visible at the left while you scroll horizontally.

Column Width

_          # toggle current column between full content width and default
g_         # expand ALL columns to full content width
z_ 20      # set current column to exactly 20 characters wide
gz_ 15     # set ALL visible columns to exactly 15 characters wide

Examples:

# After loading a wide CSV, many columns appear truncated
g_         # expand all columns so nothing is cut off

# Set a narrow ID column to exactly 8 characters
# Move to 'id' column
z_ 8

# Reset all columns to 15 characters for a consistent look
gz_ 15

Column Visibility

-          # hide the current column (sets width to 0)
gv         # unhide all hidden columns

Example: hide internal columns, then restore them:

# Move to 'internal_id' column
-          # column disappears from view

# Move to 'created_at' column
-          # column disappears from view

# Later, to bring them back
gv         # all hidden columns reappear with their previous width

Column Reordering

H          # slide current column one position left
L          # slide current column one position right
gH         # slide current column all the way to the left
gL         # slide current column all the way to the right

Example: move a column next to a related column:

# 'email' is at the far right, move it next to 'name'
# Move to 'email' column
H H H ...  # press H until email sits next to name
# Or from anywhere:
gH         # move to far left, then L L L ... to position

Quick Reference

Key	Action
_	Toggle current column width (full / default)
g_	Toggle ALL columns to full width
z_ N	Set current column to exactly N characters
gz_ N	Set ALL visible columns to exactly N characters
-	Hide current column
gv	Unhide all hidden columns
H	Move current column one left
L	Move current column one right
gH	Move current column to far left
gL	Move current column to far right

What's Next

• Column Naming — rename columns with ^
• Key Columns — pin identifier columns with !