Content Type field

Is it possible to remove the hyphen between the Type and the Description in the Content Type field?
Or maybe someone can recommend a good way to utilize it in it's current state. In most cases we currently have something like 'Flowcharts' without a description and it would be nice to be able to remove the hyphen.
Thanks

Hi,
there is a very easy way to do this, without any component:
Open the ConfigurationManager Applet and select the Views Tab.
In the Views Tab search for the View docTypes and click Edit
In the Edit-Dialog Replace the Default Display Expression with
<$dDocType$> <$if dDescription$>-<$endif$> <$dDescription$>
The hyphen will only be displayed if there is a Description.
Greets Thorsten

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Can't create a Content Type List Item on Visual Studio 2010

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