SQLlyUUIDs
✓ functionalKeep long identifiers recognizable without letting them take over the grid.
UUIDs are long enough already. In Settings › Results › UUIDs, choose whether their dashes help readability or simply add noise.
| Option | Choices | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Show dashes | On (550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000) / off (550e8400e29b41d4a716446655440000) | On |
| Alignment | Left / Center / Right | Left |
Which to pick
- Dashes on when you are reading ids - the five groups give your eye something to hold on to, and comparing two values by sight is far easier when they are segmented.
- Dashes off when the ids are going somewhere else: a system that stores them bare, a URL, a log line you are about to grep. Copying the cell copies what you see.
Alignment matters more than it sounds. Every UUID is the same width, so left alignment gives you a clean column edge in both directions - which is what makes an odd one out (a truncated value, a non-UUID string in a UUID column) visible at a glance.
Display only. The underlying value never changes - this is about what the grid draws, not what the database holds or what an edit would write.
Dashes and alignment are the only UUID options here. To shorten an id, turn it into a link, or transform it some other way, use a Template override on that column.
