This module shows you how to work with Tweetdeck’s columns, understanding what they are, removing them, moving them and switching to a single column view.
The default columns
Tweetdeck works with columns. Each column is like a page in the browser version of Twitter:
Friends
The first is All friends . This is what you main twitter page looks like.
If you can’t see this column, or you removed it, you can always get it back by clicking on the globe icon in the row of icons at the top of Tweetdeck:
Mentions
The second is Mentions. These are all tweets that mention your name—so they could be retweets (RTs), or public messages to you (@loosewire), or just stuff about you:
If you can’t see this column, or you removed it, you can always get it back by clicking on the arrow icon in the row of icons at the top of Tweetdeck:
Messages
The third column is Messages. These are direct (D or DM) messages sent to and by you:
(as you can see, the D and DM part of the message won’t show up in the message itself.)
If you can’t see this column, or you removed it, you can always get it back by clicking on the envelope icon in the row of icons at the top of Tweetdeck:
Recommendations
A fourth column is usually loaded by default: TweetDeck recommends… These are tweets from twitterers—people, companies, etc—that are popular for one reason or another:
If you can’t see this column, or you removed it, you can always get it back by clicking on the thumbs up icon in the row of icons at the top of Tweetdeck:
Playing with columns
Removing a column
You can remove a column by clicking on the x button
at the top right of each column:
You’ll probably be asked to confirm.
Moving a column
You can also move a column from left to right. Click on one of the arrow buttons
at the bottom of each column:
Switching to a one column view
Tweetdeck is great for monitoring lots of stuff, but sometimes you just want one column to keep an eye on thing.
To switch to a one column view, click on the upright line icon in the right corner of the Tweetdeck window:
Which will resize the window to one column, the left hand one the only visible one:
You can select which column you want visible by clicking on the scroll bar at the bottom of the window and dragging it from left to right:
To revert back to the full columns view, click on the upright icon again:
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