Make a column with Width=Auto and Max=Fill also respect a minimum so it remains moer visible

I like the functionality of setting all columns to Width=Auto and Max=Fill. It would be nice to have columns -- say, the Name column -- also respect a minimum so it largely remains visible if the width of the display shrinks significantly, as when the viewer pane is turned on.

All columns set to Width=Auto and Max=Fill:

Then with the viewer pane turned on, for example, file names become unreadable:

If the name column also respected a minimum value, all the columns could shrink as before, but the name column would shrink only up to a point and would remain largely visible:

I got around the behavior in the second image with a button that changes the setting for the name column and then changes it back. But it would be nice for it to happen automatically without changing the column settings.

(It seems like there was a similar feature request posted earlier. But I couldn't find it again when I looked.)

Thanks.

For what it's worth, a new feature in the 13.13.8 beta allows another workaround. Giving the Name column a custom title -- "Name" followed by 21 spaces -- keeps it visible by preventing it from shrinking to less than 25 characters.

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Very nice catch! I will use this.