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Admin Columns Pro (ACP)

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descriptionAdmin Columns Pro (ACP)
tagsindex, doc, mac-starter, plugin, acp

Overview​

This section documents the role of Admin Columns Pro in MAC Starter.

In practice, pre-configuring ACP across the boilerplate is tedious because the starter contains a large number of admin tables. Because of that, MAC Starter does not try to ship a fully prebuilt ACP column setup for every table.

Instead, this section documents the general ACP guidelines that have proven to work well when column setups are added.

Default Approach​

  • Keep the plugin settings on their default values.
  • Do not try to pre-configure every available admin table in the boilerplate.
  • Add ACP configurations only where the admin workflow clearly benefits from them.
  • Prefer a small number of useful columns over dense tables with too much metadata.

Column Guidelines​

ID Column​

  • If an ID column is added, place it as the first column.
  • Set the ID column width to 80px.

Image Column​

  • If an image column is added, place it near the start of the table, usually as the second column.
  • Set image columns to 128px wide.

General Layout​

  • Keep key identifying columns near the start of the table.
  • Add columns that improve scanning, sorting, or filtering, not columns that simply duplicate information already obvious from the title or status.
  • Keep widths deliberate so the table remains readable without wasting horizontal space.

Notes​

  • ACP is useful in MAC Starter, but it is applied selectively.
  • The plugin should support the admin workflow, not become a configuration burden across every table in the boilerplate.
  • If a project needs a more tailored ACP setup, document those decisions in the project-specific docs rather than changing the starter assumptions silently.

Resources​