We’re working towards making the app layout more customizable, and sizes are next on our list. I’m not sure if they’ll make the cut for 4.0, but new features already in v4 are the ability to customize field visibility in Fluid, and to customize field order in Columns.
That said, in OmniFocus 3 you can change the tag column size using this page:
https://people.omnigroup.com/valyria/of-hidden-preferences/tag-column.php
And while it’s a bit complicated, you can tweak the widths of other columns as well. If you email our support humans (at omnifocus@omnigroup.com) and let them know what you’re looking to do, they can help you with this.
The relevant controls are:
| preference name |
default value |
| CustomColumnsLayoutMinimumTitleWidth |
110 |
| CustomColumnsLayoutMinimumProjectWidth |
72 |
| CustomColumnsLayoutMinimumWidthTags |
80 |
| CustomColumnsLayoutMaximumWidthTags |
180 |
| CustomColumnsLayoutEstimatedDurationWidth |
58 |
| CustomColumnsRatioOfMaximumColumnWidthToMinimum |
3 |
(The page linked above builds a URL to adjust the CustomColumnsLayoutMaximumWidthTags setting by redirecting to a URL like omnifocus:///change-preference?CustomColumnsLayoutMaximumWidthTags=180. You can replace CustomColumnsLayoutMaximumWidthTags with one of the other keys and 180 with other values to tweak these settings. If any of this sounds at all intimidating, again, my advice is to reach out to our support humans and let them know what they’re trying to do. That’s how that friendly page got built!)
Until we place a friendly in-app interface on all of this we don’t consider this a delivered customer feature. But I thought people reading this thread might appreciate having access to it now, rather than waiting for us to build that interface!
P.S. — A quick explanation of those parameters above: most columns have a minimum and maximum width: as the window is resized, columns resize along with it. Most columns are willing to grow up to three times their minimum width, as specified in CustomColumnsRatioOfMaximumColumnWidthToMinimum. But we quickly realized that was unnecessary for the estimated duration, so it just has a fixed width. We also realized that most people didn’t need the tag column to grow to 3x its original size, so we gave it an explicit maximum width that was just 2.25x its original size (along with a page where people could set a maximum width appropriate for their use).
If you want fixed, pre-specified widths for all of the listed columns, you can lower the maximum-to-minimum ratio to 1 and enter the widths you want for each column. (That said, the title will always get whatever extra space is available.)
Again, all of this is documenting how things work in the shipping v3 app. In our ideal world, you could just use your mouse to resize columns directly in the window. We’re working to get closer to that ideal in v4.
