A side-bar of variable names

[pdeffebach]

In Stata, when you browse a dataset in their QT-based browser, there is a side-bar with all the variable names. You can check or uncheck the names to control which variables are visible and search variable names automatically jump to certain variables. See here.

I use this a lot when using Stata. For large datasets (1000+ variables), it is the best way to get a scroll-able list of variables in your dataset. Something you can't get from calling the equivelent of names(df) in Stata.

I actually don't use the check-uncheck tool to control which variables I see very much in stata. So this aspect of the feature is not very useful for me.

I do use the search bar a lot when checking on a variable. If a variable is causing a "problem", I simply type browse and then use the search to get to the variable of interest.

This is a feature I would love to see. Ultimately, however, speed is my primary consideration in a data viewer. The developers of stata have some magic knowledge of QT and memory-mapping that makes everything they do instanely fast, even with very very large datasets.

Thank you for reading this feature request. I really appreciate the work you are doing.