Keywords in Gridview in LR4?

How do I show keywords in gridview in LR4?  It wasn't possible in LR3 but it certainly must be possible now??!!

I know there's a 'badge' to show if there are keywords assigned but I want to see them on the tile itself.  Sure, if there are a ton of keywords they might get cut off but it still would be handy.  Mine wouldn't get cut off; I only assign a few keywords per image.  I'll be that's not unusual.  It seems to me having an option to view keywords would be more useful to more people than 'Creator' or 'Copyright' ... I'll bet most LR owners are the only 'Creator' and have a single 'Copyright' but each image would have different keywords.  And why 'Camera Serial Number' and not keywords.  It don't make no sense to me!
When it comes to that, why not allow users to choose any metadata item?  If LR has to dig the info out of the image anyway, why not let the users pick which ones are the most useful to them?
I think a lot of the choices Adobe makes for LR are very good but I don't understand why the displayable info can't be more configurable.   (Honestly, I would have paid for the upgrade *instantly* if I could view keywords ... as it is, I'm going to think about it.  )
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