lighttable - left panel resizing

Software darktable
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I am wondering if it is possible to resize the left panel in lighttable to my needs:

  1. make the collections/folder panel taller as there is plenty of space underneath the image information (see #1 in attached screenshot)
  2. make the whole left panel wider. See #2, this is the widest possible setting of the panel. It is not possible to expand it anymore. I use a 4k monitor so it should be no problem with the appropriate space.
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Appreciate your thoughts.

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You should be able to hold Ctrl and scroll your mouse to increase the height of the collections module. As for the panel size that might need a code change.

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For #2, hover your mouse over the right side of the panel, then click and drag to resize the width.

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#1, Yes, it works suddenly (user problem I guess)! Thanks. But I cannot expand the module to full height.
#2, thanks. Good to know it doesn’t work.

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yes it works to a certain point. I presume it is the widest possible size. After that is stops resizing (see screenshot above).

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Yes, there does seem to be a max width.

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Re #1, to be more precise: Ctrl + Scroll works just for the film roll. Definitely not working when in folder view.

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It won’t resize beyond the current content, though it will change the maximum size. Presumably in film roll view there’s more data to display.

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In my folder view there are heaps of folders I imported to dt. I can only see a tiny bit of them. So there is actually more to display.

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Ok I reproduce that. Sounds like a fault to me. Please can you raise an issue on github.

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I would if I could. tbh I have no clue how to raise an issue on github.

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Go here: https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/issues/new/choose. You’ll need to create an account.

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Thanks, done.

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