Is it possible to hind a field, but still have it searchable?

[tmarkov]

I'm using skim for searching files. Sometimes, I have too long file paths that don't all fit on the screen, and I tried to do

find / | generate_short_names | sk --with-nth=2 --nth=1`

where generate_short_names adds a second field that contains a shortened path if it's too long.

It seems, though, that --with-nth doesn't just affect the line presentation, but also limits the search scope.
I'm not sure if that's a bug or intended - but is it possible to achieve what I'm trying to do?

[seivan]

It would be nice if the API allowed for this

echo "1:John:Smith:Developer\n2:Jane:Doe:Designer\n3:Joe:Bloggs:Manager" | sk --delimiter=: --nth=3..4 --with-nth=2..3

So it would render the names but allow searching only surname and role

E.g render names (2,..3) but allow searching differently.