How to list all fields of a content type with views?

Question

I would like to create a product comparison view. Each product has lots of features which all need to appear in the comparison view. Each feature is a separate field in the “product” content type.

Instead of manually adding all fields of the “product” content type to my view, I’d like to have all fields added automatically to the view – for example when adding a new field to the “product” content type. Is this possible?

Bonus question: can I add all fields to the view by default and later exclude only a few of them?

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Edit: Further Notes

I’d like to create a comparison table where corresponding features appear in the same row with a single row/column label for the feature. Many features are optional, though. Therefore I need the feature fields of the “product” content type to be available as separate fields in the view – so that I can properly align them in the table.

Answer 1

According to me the best way to configure a view is to use display modes ("Show: content" and select the display mode). So that when I add a field to a content type I just have to configure the "Manage Display" sections (1 per view mode) of the content type.

Note that sometimes I need extra fields to render, to use as token for other settings (rewrite a field, header/footer text, more link,...) or to make grouping. To achieve this I switch the "Show" option to fields and add a "Content: Rendered Node" field (that comes with Entity API module). Then the "Show complete entity" display option of this field allows you to choose a display mode (Full content, teaser, list item or any other display mode) and render the nodes.