Hi I've set my defaultColumns to the following for Media Collection List Page under admin: defaultColumns: ['title', 'customId', 'description', 'fileName'].

However, it doesn't do anything.

Any ideas?

Ty.

tylandavis
2 years ago
You may need to drop the
_preferences
collection in MongoDB. I don't know if there's an easy way to do this, I use Atlas so I just do it from the mongodb website.
dribbens
2 years ago
If you delete your user and recreate it, preferences will get reset.

but otherwise, dropping that table is the way
eddiedev2 years ago
got it thank you!
ragingpotato.last year
is there anyway to do this without deleting the user and recreating it?
notchrlast year
@446817950071128065
Do you mean dropping user preferences?
ragingpotato.last year
yes
notchrlast year
As like a one time thing? Or in general

Because dropping the _preferences collection will surely do it

Ideally you wouldn't be in this kind of in-between state with preferences

But it can happen with changes to collections, etc
ragingpotato.last year
not really a one time. maybe when a user sets its preference on different order

because the problem really for me is when a user logs out and logs back in, the columns are back to its default setup
notchrlast year
Hmmm

So not only can you not change the preferences, they don't persist when changed?
ragingpotato.last year
yes. is there an config for that or does it save on default?
notchrlast year
Hmm

Well there is an API for dealing with user preferences

https://payloadcms.com/docs/admin/preferences#managing-user-preferences

It provides methods like setPreference

After reading through that, will you let me know if you're still stuck?
ragingpotato.last year
will do! thank you so much!

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