or 'view preview'?  i don't know how else to call it but is it possible to have a view that shows a column or two and then clicking on the View link/button on a row shows all the other info available for the record of the row?

currently, for all our views, all the fields that have been enabled for the view are shown in the list/grid/spreadsheet layout, and the same fields are shown when clicking on the View button.  that is, the View button does not provide any additional information and is merely a change in the display of the record from a row format to a page format.

the requirement is this, using a books database as example:

- define a Book form for entering book title, author, publisher, year published, synopsis, number of pages

- define a view based on Book that shows only two columns for title and author.  by default and depending on user permissions, two more columns for the predefined Edit and Viewlinks are added

- but when the user clicks on the View link on a row, the resulting popup page shows all the other fields for book title, author, publisher, year published, synopsis, number of pages, last modified time, last modified user, etc.

is this doable right now and if so, how?  if not, then this is to request for that feature, maybe as an option for the View button to show all fields or just the enabled ones.  because more often than not, we just want to see identifiying info (teaser?) in the listing, then show all additional details only upon user request (i.e., when user clicks on the View link).