Just an idea I am throwing out there.  Would it be practical/feasible to either include more info on the grid tab area for a birds eye view of a grids settings?  As an example, in addition to:

 

"Items from fields x, Filter = x, sort by - x"...

 

How about also "display mode = x, context parents = x"

 

I'm thinking it would be nice to have a birds eye view of all the settings.  Not sure if practical though.