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===Synopsis===

The fields.ini file supports a __global__ section that applies to all fields in the current table.  This is particularly useful for setting up default functionality that you wish to see on all fields except a few.  For example you may wish to have all fields hidden from list view by default, and only explicitly enable a few.  Same for CSV export or the details form.

===Example 1: Hiding All Fields from List View===

In the fields.ini file:
<code>
[__global__]
    ;; hide all of the fields from list view
    visibility:list=hidden

[first_name]
    ;; show the first name in list view 
    visibility:list=visible

[last_name]
    visibility:list=visible

;;.... etc....
</code>

In the above example we used the __global__ section to declare that we want all fields to be hidden from list view by default.  Then we explicitly showed first_name and last_name in list view. In this case only first_name and last_name will appear in the list view.

==See Also==

*[[fields.ini file]]
*[[visibility:list]]","__global__, fields.ini, visibility:list",en,