By default in Table view, layouts show a series of fields in the top row, followed by field data in subsequent rows. In my case, that's too much horizontal scrolling to easily compare the data (there are relatively few records, but many fields).

Is there any way to transpose the layout so that fields run down the first column, with data shown in additional columns to the right? I know this is similar to List view, but List view only shows one column for data, not multiple data columns.

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I know this is similar to List view, but List view only shows one column for data, not multiple data columns.

A list view can have as many columns as you want (limited by layout's width).