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I pushed a new version yesterday with an improvement for this. Please just update.

Thanks for your reply. I see 1 problem with the syntax above: what if we have multiple flex-item?

Currently, we're working on an improved version of Columns, which supports syntax like this (similar to tabs):

$meta_boxes[] = array(
    'title'      => 'Test Columns',
    'columns' => array(
        'column-1' => 4, // Short syntax
        'column-2' => array( 'size' => 8, 'class' => 'custom-class' ), // Advanced syntax
    ),
    'fields' => array(
        array(
            // ...
            'column' => 'column-1',
        ),
        array(
            // ...
            'column' => 'column-2',
        ),
    ),
);

I think this syntax makes thing easier to implement. I tried using nested syntax, but it requires to completely rewrite the plugin, which might break backward compatibility.

I'll think more about the flex syntax. My goal is making it as simple as possible. Currently, I see it's kind of complicated.

Oh, I see your custom code set a column show and you have a custom field with the same ID. Then you set that custom field displayed in admin columns, which already exists there. It might be confused. I'd suggest removing your custom code and try again.

Hi, I'd like to see what you've done with your custom code. I guess you added or renamed an existing column, so Admin Columns extension couldn't find it to "hook" other columns to.

Hi Jackky, thanks a lot for your idea.

Can you post what you have in your mind here?

Currently, we're refactoring the Columns extension to allow multiple fields in 1 column. However, to make it backward-compatible, I can't use your syntax (I'd love too). We're moving to use the syntax similar to Tabs extension. It's not optimal, but it works.

It's been a long time, but just want to let you know that the search functionality is done. Please just update the plugin.

Hi, is that really admin-columns or you mistyped? It should be admin_columns, underscore.

Yes, you can always do that with class attribute of the field. Just add a custom CSS class to the "5-columns" field and change its width with CSS. It's kind of a hack while waiting for a better solution that we're working on.