~~Title: Column ~~
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The **Column** object represents an information column displayed in a tab (e.g. name, size, attributes, etc). A collection of **Column** objects can be retrieved from the **[[format|Format]].columns** property.


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$$ Property Name
$$ Return Type
$$ Description
$$ (#)//<default value>//
$$ //string//
$$ Returns the name of the column.
$$ autosize
$$ //bool//
$$ Returns **True** if the column width is set to //auto//.
$$ collapse
$$ //bool//
$$ Returns **True** if the column width is set to //collapse//.
$$ expand
$$ //bool//
$$ Returns **True** if the column width is set to //expand//.
$$ fill
$$ //bool//
$$ Returns **True** if the column width is set to //fill//.
$$ header
$$ //string//
$$ Returns the name of the column as displayed in the Lister column header.
$$ label
$$ //string//
$$ Returns the name of the column as displayed in the //Columns// tab in the //Folder Options// dialog.
$$ max
$$ //int// or //string//
$$ Returns the maximum width of the column in pixels, or the string "fill" if the maximum is set to //fill//.
$$ min
$$ //int//
$$ Returns the minimum width of the column in pixels.
$$ name
$$ //string//
$$ Returns the name of the column.
$$ reverse
$$ //bool//
$$ Returns **True** if the sort direction of the column is reversed.
$$ sort
$$ //int//
$$ Returns the sort order of the column (e.g. 1 for the primary sort field, 2 for the secondary sort field, etc). Returns 0 if the display is not sorted by this column.
$$ width
$$ //int//
$$ Returns the current display width of the column in pixels.
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