Add an option to disable '...' truncation symbol for column values

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I don't see much value in this symbol, it's usually obvious that the value is truncated when you can't see part of a number or (for size columns) when the label is (partially) missing

So the only thing that the extra ... does is simply obscure useful data

Thus I'd like to have an option to completely disable it in the column settings (maybe there could be an extra option to "fade out" instead of obscuring with ...)

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Not if it's a text string, a list, or a number that doesn't end in a units suffix.

Numbers also tend to be right-aligned, meaning that, even if there is a units suffix on the right, truncation on the left can hide the first number(s) on the left, making them appear to be a completely different value if you don't know they are being truncated.

Truncating a value without indicating it is truncated can be very misleading/dangerous.

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So you wouldn't enable it for those columns!
Although more likely, if there were an option, you could use a non-content-eating indicator:

  • fade-out or other color change
  • underline
  • a tiny bright dot at the middle of a border/corner
  • the whole right border could become a "wavy" vertical line

In many cases even then, instead of 1.2345 you get 1.234, a non-issue, or if you only see 1 it's an issue because the formatting you've set up is to always show ., so that's a signal

why would there be truncation on the left if currently these columns are truncated from the rigth? Truncation should cut from the end (or in the middle), not from the beginning.