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# Column

The **Column** object represents an information column displayed in a tab (e.g. name, size, attributes, etc). A collection of **Column** objects can be retrieved from the [**Format**](/directory-opus/manual/reference/scripting_reference/scripting_objects/format.md)**.columns** property.

| Property Name      | Return Type       | Description                                                                                                                                                           |
| ------------------ | ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| *\<default value>* | *string*          | Returns the name of the column.                                                                                                                                       |
| autosize           | *bool*            | Returns **True** if the column width is set to *auto*.                                                                                                                |
| collapse           | *bool*            | Returns **True** if the column width is set to *collapse*.                                                                                                            |
| expand             | *bool*            | Returns **True** if the column width is set to *expand*.                                                                                                              |
| fill               | *bool*            | Returns **True** if the column width is set to *fill*.                                                                                                                |
| header             | *string*          | Returns the name of the column as displayed in the Lister column header.                                                                                              |
| label              | *string*          | Returns the name of the column as displayed in the *Columns* tab in the *Folder Options* dialog.                                                                      |
| max                | *int* or *string* | Returns the maximum width of the column in pixels, or the string "fill" if the maximum is set to *fill*.                                                              |
| min                | *int*             | Returns the minimum width of the column in pixels.                                                                                                                    |
| name               | *string*          | Returns the name of the column.                                                                                                                                       |
| reverse            | *bool*            | Returns **True** if the sort direction of the column is reversed.                                                                                                     |
| sort               | *int*             | Returns the sort order of the column (e.g. 1 for the primary sort field, 2 for the secondary sort field, etc). Returns 0 if the display is not sorted by this column. |
| width              | *int*             | Returns the current display width of the column in pixels.                                                                                                            |


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