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reference:scripting_reference:scripting_objects:column

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.columns property.

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.