Answers.Body: <p>The first column is reserved for whatever your element model's <code>__toString()</code> function returns. By default that is the element's title, if your element type has editable titles. Otherwise you will need to override that method and return whatever makes sense.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I am creating a simple Element Type to hold form submissions, but I have hit a wall with this one issue I am having. For some reason I cannot get anything to output in the first column of my element type's index view. I have attached a screenshot. It doesn't matter what column comes first it is always blank. If I inspect the contents of the empty cells there is an empty anchor tag that links correctly to the edit/view entry template. I am not sure what I am doing wrong.</p>
  
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Title: In my element type index view, why is the first column always empty?
ThreadText: # In my element type index view, why is the first column always empty?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-06-27)
  
  I am creating a simple Element Type to hold form submissions, but I have hit a wall with this one issue I am having. For some reason I cannot get anything to output in the first column of my element type's index view. I have attached a screenshot. It doesn't matter what column comes first it is always blank. If I inspect the contents of the empty cells there is an empty anchor tag that links correctly to the edit/view entry template. I am not sure what I am doing wrong.
  
  ![screenshot](https://i.sstatic.net/Ti8X5.png)
  
  **Tags:** plugin-development, elementtype
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: This is a great question. Required reading for anyone working with Element Types.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2014-06-27. Score: 6 | Accepted answer
  
  The first column is reserved for whatever your element model's `__toString()` function returns. By default that is the element's title, if your element type has editable titles. Otherwise you will need to override that method and return whatever makes sense.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: This worked perfectly. Thank you so much!  
  
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