Expanded mode in psql is a way to output the results of a query if the output is too wide to fit in the screen when shown as a table. This can be toggled by

Expanded mode in psql is a way to output the results of a query if the output is too wide to fit in the screen when shown as a table. This can be toggled by \x on or \x off. [...] In pgcli, we have the ability to do this but this is not enabled by default. It has to be enabled via the config file (~/.config/pgcli/config) by the user. I don't think we'll change this behavior. Why not? Seems quite sensible a thing to do when the output otherwise wouldn't fit.