# Names displayed in author/editor columun

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/names-displayed-in-author-editor-columun/365>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [December 2, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/names-displayed-in-author-editor-columun/365 "2016-12-02T16:38:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Paul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Paul](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Paul)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/names-displayed-in-author-editor-columun/365/1 "2016-12-02T16:38:07Z")

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I found that only the first author’s last name is displayed in the column if there are more than two authors. I wonder whether I can change it so that all authors will be displayed. It will be more informative than using “et. al”, and a tooltip window may be used to show all the names if the column is not wide enough. I checked preference and did not find any settings that I can change to get this work.