Important notice

Pixel and Tonic recently unveiled Craft 2.5, currently in public beta and due to release December 1st 2015. Among a slew of great additions, this update adds Customizable Element Indexes to Craft – basically making the DashCols plugin redundant.

The native Customizable Element Indexes are awesome, and finally having this functionality in core is a great boon for Craft, its users and the community.

DashCols 1.3 will be the final release for DashCols, and it will not receive any support, new features or bug fixes going forward. This repo will stay up indefinetely, though.

Thanks a lot for all the support and interest in this plugin!

Update February 2nd 2016
Some people have lamented losing DashCol's sorting features. I concur that the current CEI implementation leaves something to be desired in regards to sorting on custom field columns, so I decided to build a standalone plugin called CP Sortable Custom Columns, which – like DashCols – will a) make the sortable menu in index tables source aware and b) automatically add any sortable custom field included in an index table to that table's sortable attributes.

– Mats

DashCols Craft CMS Plugin v. 1.3

Now with Users and Assets support!

The element index tables lists all your content, but let's face it – they're kind of sparse. DashCols makes it easy to add (almost) any custom field to your entry, asset, category and user control panel tables.

In addition, DashCols will also:

Enable you to show/hide default columns (URI, section, expiry date etc.) and element metadata (ID, author and last updated date ++)
Enable you to sort index tables on most columns
Improve the responsiveness of your index tables

Installation and setup

Download & unzip
Move the /dashcols folder to craft/plugins
Install

After installing, visit DashCols’ CP section and use the built-in Field Layout Designer to add custom fields to entry, category, asset or user sources, and configure the output of default columns and/or element metadata.

Please note that not all FieldTypes are supported – look below for the complete list.

Options

Undercover mode: You want to keep DashCols running, but completely hide the nav tab and "Edit columns" button.

Supported FieldTypes

Assets
Categories
Checkboxes
Color
Date/time
Dropdown
Entries
Lightswitch
Multi-select
Number
Plain Text
Position Select
Radio Buttons
Tags
Users

Supported Custom FieldTypes

Address (Smart Map) by @lindseydiloreto
Doxter by @selvinortiz
Preparse Field by @aelvan

Unsupported FieldTypes

Matrix
Rich Text
Table

…but what about my awesome custom FieldType?

For now, any String based attribute will display more or less as-is (some formatting is applied to stuff like URLs, Hex color codes etc.), and string values are truncated to a maximum of 50 characters. More complex stuff needs to be built in; I’m currently exploring options for enabling users to easily add support for their own custom FieldTypes.

If you have a publicly available FieldType plugin you wish to see supported, please file a feature request!

Roadmap

Look for the following in coming updates:

Support for popular, custom FieldTypes
Option to clear a layout w/ a single button

Bugs, feature requests, support

Please file any bug reports or other requests at GitHub: https://github.com/mmikkel/dashcols-craft/issues

Note that DashCols is a hobby project – unfortunately I can’t make any promises regarding response time for any requests.

Pull requests are very welcome!

Disclaimer

DashCols is provided free of charge. The author is not responsible for any data loss or other problems resulting from the use of this plugin.

Please report any bugs, feature requests or other issues here. Note that DashCols is a hobby project and I can offer no promises regarding response time, feature implementations or bug amendments.

Changelog

1.3

Now supports editing columns for Users – big thanks to Lindsey DiLoreto for the help!
Now supports editing columns for Assets
CP section redesigned
Fixes issue with the Edit columns button not always appearing
Various small improvements and fixes

1.2.5

Fixed issue where numeric columns wouldn't render zeros. Fixes #24

1.2.4

Added support for Doxter
Slightly improved support for complex custom fieldtypes in general
Removed custom plugin name setting

1.2.3

SVG assets now display as thumbnails for Craft 2.4 builds (only where ImageMagick is installed)

1.2.2

Fixed bug where the Structure sorting option was hidden

1.2.1

Added Entry Type metadata column

1.2

Added sorting capabilities for FieldTypes of Boolean, String, Number or DateTime value

1.1.9

Added option to output element metadata (Updated Date, ID and Author) as columns
Fixed issue where string values "1" and "0" would always render as a Lightswitch attribute – thanks Fred, you're a champ.
Fixed issue where string values starting with "#" would sometimes render as a Color attribute
String values interpreted as external links will now open in a new tab
Added setting for renaming DashCols

1.1.8

Asset columns will now display total number of files (if more than 1)
Asset columns now display icon + filename for files.

1.1.7

Fixed issue where layouts would not save if CSRF is enabled

1.1.6

Minor refactor

1.1.5

Fixed issue where the Edit Columns button would not be added to non-managed index tables
Date/Time columns now display date and/or time based on field settings

1.1.4

Added settings page and the Undercover mode setting to hide the CP section and disable layout editing

1.1.3

Fixed issue w/ redirect on All entries layout save
Edit template only displays relevant default fields
Added footer to CP section
Removed editing for individual Single sections

1.1.2

Fixed issue with Singles layout redirect on save

1.1.1

Hotfixed an annoying issue w/ move icons not being vertically centered in tall table rows

1.1

Added option to hide default fields (postDate, expiryDate, URI and section)
(Hopefully) improved CP section sub nav
DashCols now redirects to index table upon saving a layout
Some minor CSS fixes here and there

1.0

Initial public release.

mmikkel/DashCols-Craft