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Data explorer: Use of "Columns" confuses me

Open jennybc opened this issue 1 year ago • 3 comments

I find the way "Columns" is used in the Layout dropdown menu a bit confusing. Of course, a bit of usage clears things up, but I still wonder if we should revisit the wording.

Screenshot 2024-07-19 at 3 05 31 PM

At first I assumed that "Columns" was referring to ... well, my actual columns. But it's now clear that it refers to the part of the surface that describes/summarizes the columns. What about "Column summary on left"?

jennybc avatar Jul 19 '24 22:07 jennybc

I think this makes sense. I was confuse like that

ntluong95 avatar Jul 21 '24 07:07 ntluong95

Or even "Statistics". Agree that renaming this would be good

wesm avatar Jul 21 '24 21:07 wesm

Another option is "Summary".

juliasilge avatar Jul 22 '24 20:07 juliasilge

Did a small group survey, and we should rename the "Columns on Left/Right/Hidden" to "Summary on Left/Right/Hidden".

jthomasmock avatar Jul 30 '24 16:07 jthomasmock

This is addressed in https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/pull/4302.

softwarenerd avatar Aug 09 '24 00:08 softwarenerd

Verified Fixed

Positron Version(s) : 2024.08.0-31
OS Version          : OSX

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testlabauto avatar Aug 12 '24 14:08 testlabauto