Add 12 column layout option for all dashboards #4809
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Description
Reasoning
For more than a year of using Redash in my company and for personal projects one thing perplexed me: why there are only 6 columns available for widgets to be placed on a dashboard. Looking at other solutions (Grafana, Metabase, Superset, Shiny) all of them have more columns in the layout (12+). The number 12 is a great setting for any dashboard: it divides by 2, 3, 4 and 6, whereas 6 has only the 2 and 3 options. The handiness of dividing the layout into 4 even columns is apparent when using Counter or any other "small" widgets. See examples in the screenshots section.
Overall, the feature allows for a more fluid developer and consumer experience, while not forcing anyone to adopt the feature and not breaking old dashboards.
Implementation
Mobile & Desktop Screenshots/Recordings (if there are UI changes)