Title: Feature Request: Automatic Hide Empty Rows
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Feature Request: Automatic Hide Empty Rows

 *  Resolved [ThomasHo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomasho/)
 * (@thomasho)
 * [11 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-automatic-hide-empty-rows/)
 * Dear Tobias,
 * I would like to suggest a feature for a further version of TablePress:
 * If you are working with large imported tables it might me very comfortable to
   have a checkbox under the Table-Settings to hide empty rows (maybe colums), so
   you don’t have to choose them manually from the table.
 * Thanks in advance
    Thomas
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [11 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-automatic-hide-empty-rows/#post-5016204)
 * Hi Thomas,
 * I see what you mean, but I don’t really think that this is something that is 
   helpful for many users. There are really not many users who have empty rows in
   their tables and as it’s rather easy to delete (or just hide them) using the 
   existing buttons, there’s just no necessity for this.
    In contrast, a checkbox
   for this could potentially be confusing for new and inexperienced users and it
   would clutter the user interface — that already has very many checkboxes — even
   more. As there’s also the possibility to remove empty rows/columns using the 
   available filter hooks and some small custom programming, I think that it’s better
   to stick with the [WordPress philosophy](http://wordpress.org/about/philosophy/)
   of “Decision, not options” here. Sorry for not having better news.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [ThomasHo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomasho/)
 * (@thomasho)
 * [11 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-automatic-hide-empty-rows/#post-5016214)
 * Just a try 😉
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [11 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-automatic-hide-empty-rows/#post-5016216)
 * Hi,
 * and I really appreciate that! 🙂 Without user suggestions, TablePress would not
   be where it is, so thanks for that!
 * Best wishes,
    Tobias

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-automatic-hide-empty-rows/#post-5016216)
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