Allow for more than 2 columns on a panel

[mc-butler]

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This issue was migrated from Trac:

Origin	https://midnight-commander.org/ticket/3212
Reporter	usr_share (d1337r@….ru)

Right now, Midnight Commander only allows to split a panel into two columns in the so-called "brief file list" mode. This is a good feature, but, IMO, it would be a good idea to allow dividing the panel into 3 or more columns.

As a matter of fact, the original Norton Commander used to have a mode with 3 columns. (Of course, on an 80x25 console, it depended on the fact that DOS had 8.3 file names, but in today's era of high-resolution displays, one'd expect that a three-column panel would still be able to display reasonably long file names.)

[mc-butler]

Changed by andrew_b (@aborodin) on Mar 24, 2015 at 18:27 UTC (comment 1)

• Milestone changed from Future Releases to 4.8.15
• Owner set to andrew_b
• Status changed from new to accepted
• Branch state changed from no branch to on review

I hope, 9 columns ought to be enough for anybody. :)

Branch: 3212_panel_columns.
Initial [3fecac54571d3153ed662841c16a4a0f0109d6b3]

[mc-butler]

Changed by andrew_b (@aborodin) on Apr 12, 2015 at 7:15 UTC

• Blocking set to #3130

[mc-butler]

Changed by andrew_b (@aborodin) on May 24, 2015 at 14:55 UTC (comment 3)

• Status changed from accepted to testing
• Resolution set to fixed
• Branch state changed from on review to merged
• Votes set to committed-master

Merged to master: [2641b2c].

[mc-butler]

Changed by andrew_b (@aborodin) on May 24, 2015 at 14:57 UTC (comment 4)

• Blocking #3130 deleted
• Status changed from testing to closed