[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #31989: Allow developer to default hide columns

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#31989: Allow developer to default hide columns
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 Reporter:  tychay              |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement         |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal              |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Options, Meta APIs  |     Version:  4.1
 Severity:  normal              |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                      |     Focuses:  administration
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Comment (by tychay):

 Replying to [comment:3 SergeyBiryukov]:

 That's a great idea, but it gets pretty hairy in non-obvious ways. The way
 the code is written it depends on an artifact where screen_options()
 writes an array of a single element (empty string) when all the column
 boxes are unchecked. It'd probably be better to hard check for it. Also,
 it takes a while to get a handle of which hook to look for
 {{{get_user_option_manage<screen_id>columnshidden}}}. That's pretty opaque
 to most people.

 Besides, my patch is the same code and filter system as used for default
 metaboxes hide/show.

 > {{{
 > function wp31989_set_hidden_columns_for_posts_screen( $result ) {
 >       if ( $result === false ) {
 >               $result = array( 'author', 'categories' );
 >       }
 >
 >       return $result;
 > }
 > add_filter( 'get_user_option_manageedit-postcolumnshidden',
 'wp31989_set_hidden_columns_for_posts_screen' );
 > }}}

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