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feat(ui): let operators choose which columns the assets table shows #856

Description

@LucasMaupin

On hold. Filed for the record during a manual UI pass; it should not be picked up until videocore:latest has been promoted to stable.

Problem

The assets table's columns are fixed. An operator cannot choose which are shown, and the set is defined in code (public/assets-table.js, the column array beginning around :350): thumbnail, ID, title, status, size, dates, actions.

Requested by the product owner during testing: which columns are shown should be editable.

Why it matters

Different jobs want different columns, and the table is the primary working surface:

There is already machinery to build on: sort, filter and pagination state is persisted in the URL via public/table-url-state.js (#368/#373), and the shared table primitive in public/ops-ui-table.js is used by the assets, jobs and logs tables alike.

Proposed change

A column chooser on the assets table, and — because the primitive is shared — ideally on the jobs and logs tables for free.

Worth deciding while implementing:

  • Where the preference lives. URL state makes a configured view linkable and shareable, consistent with how sort and filter already behave. localStorage makes it sticky per operator. They are not exclusive: URL wins when present, otherwise fall back to the stored default.
  • What cannot be hidden. The actions column, and probably one identifying column, should be pinned so the table cannot be made useless.
  • Additional columns worth offering, beyond hiding existing ones: slug, id, rendition count, review state, tags.
  • Reset to defaults, so an operator can always get back to a known state.

Acceptance criteria

  • An operator can show and hide columns on the assets table.
  • The choice persists across a reload.
  • A configured view can be shared (or the decision to make it operator-local is recorded deliberately).
  • Actions and at least one identifying column cannot both be hidden.
  • Sort, filter and pagination continue to work against a customised column set.

How to verify

Hide a column, reload, and confirm it is still hidden. Share the URL (if URL-persisted) and confirm the recipient sees the same view.

Context

Requested during a manual UI pass, alongside #851 (the ID column shows the slug — the proposed fix there adds an ID column with a copy button and a separate Slug column, which increases the column count and makes choosing between them more useful).

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