Posted by astra on September 20, 2006 at 3:19pm
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| Project: | Table Manager |
| Version: | 5.x-1.x-dev |
| Component: | Miscellaneous |
| Category: | support request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | active |
Issue Summary
Would it be possible to display columns just what I want? For a table with 5 columns, for examble, I want to display column 2, 3, 4 but not to show up column 1 and 5. Is there any option for this?
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#1
There's currently no option for this, but I did try to implement it once before. Unfortunately it gets messy... (with permissions) and I really don't want this module to get over complicated, after all I originally wrote it for my Dad to use (who is 61) so you see it needs to be as simple as possible.
I could probably implement a simpler version of what I tried to do before and just do this; table administrators should *always* be able to view 'invisible' columns, as should the tables' creator - *everyone* else will not see them. This does still bring up a display problem as I don't think it's possible to gray out columns without adding themeing and the whole idea of tablemanager is that it uses the standard call to theme 'table' and so if you've got a custom theme then your tables will match the rest of your website.
Pobster
#2
i'd also like to have the ability to hide columns upon display. i'm finding that it would be useful to sort tables on hidden columns, which aren't displayed at all, no greyed out column or titles etc. For one this will save horizontal display space on the page and reduce clutter.
The table i have where i'm finding a use for such a feature is a list of net cafes and wi-fi hotspots in town where i live, and in the old static version i was grouping them by the burrough. If i could make the burroughs a hidden selection column then i'd be able to sort out just those that belong to a burrough and display those.
i'd also be able to sort out just the wi-fi places or the net cafes without having to display a column that says, "WI-FI" or "NET CAFE".