How to create a grid

[Former Member]

Hi Friends,

How to create a Grid, not a form or table.

I want a grid to hold about 10 fields.

so :-

f1 v1 f2 v2

f1 v1 f2 v2

f--fields

v--values

I can get it using simple form ,but it doesnot look like a grid.

I need the look and feel of a grid.

Thanks!

[Former Member]

Naveen,

you can also use GridLayout as like as Matrixlayout for he transparent container. here you should give column count. That is how many columns the container will show?

for ex: if your grid will show like this:

fi vi f2 v2

f3 v3 f4 v4

set the colcount property to 4.

[Former Member]

MatrixLayout is better than GridLayout for this purpose because it provides meaningful spacing between its entries automatically.

Armin

[Former Member]

Hi Armin,

if MatrixLayout is better than GridLayout then when and why should we use the Grid, because Using MatrixLayout we can arrange the elements in certain manner which can be done with GridLayout.

regards,

karthik

[Former Member]

GridLayout is somehow not needed anymore.

The recommendation is to divide a screen first into rows using RowLayout and to arrange grid sections using a MatrixLayout. And you should avoid nesting of layouts for better rendering performance.

Armin

[Former Member]

Armin,

The reality is that on mobile devices GridLayout is the only one that is both supported and rendered correctly...

VS

[Former Member]

Mobile devices are somehow not an important part of my "reality"

Thanks for the hint.

Armin

[Former Member]

Create a TransparentContainer with MatrixLayout.

Add Labels ("fields") and InputFields ("values"). Set layoutData=MatrixHeadData for each Label that starts a new row. Set f.labelFor=v for each pair (f,v).

That's it.

Armin

[former_member182372]

Hi Naveen,

Check http://searchsap.techtarget.com/searchSAP/downloads/SAPPRESS.pdf Section "7.6 Layout managers"

It will give you the most exhaustive description of how to build a grid in WD.

Best tregards, Maksim Rashchynski.

[RichHeilman]

You can use the TableView UI element for this.

REgards,

Rich Heilman

[Former Member]

Hi Rich will it help using tableView UI? I mean does it gives a grid with having a table functionality of sort, delete etc?