Editable Grid Header Component (a!gridLayoutHeaderCell)

Grids and Lists

Editable Grid Header Component

SAIL Design System guidance available for Grids

Grids should help your users take action and make decisions. Check out the grids design guidance page to learn how to display your data in a structured, easy-to-scan layout to help your users find what they need.

Function

a!gridLayoutHeaderCell( label, helpTooltip, align, showWhen )

Defines a column header for use in an Editable Grid.

Parameters

Name	Keyword	Types	Description
Label	`label`	Text	Text to display as the column header.
Help Tooltip	`helpTooltip`	Text	Displays a help icon with the specified text as a tooltip.
Alignment	`align`	Text	Determines the header label's alignment. Valid values: `"LEFT"`, `"CENTER"`, `"RIGHT"`.
Visibility	`showWhen`	Boolean	Determines whether the header cell is displayed in the grid. When set to false, the header cell is hidden and is not evaluated. Default: true.

Examples

To experiment with examples, copy and paste the expression into an interface object.

Grid header with a label

This example needs to be used with the a!gridLayout() function for it to display anything. Examples that you can see in action are available in the Grid Layout component section.

a!gridLayoutHeaderCell(
  label: "Total",
  align: "RIGHT"
)

Feature compatibility

The table below lists this component's compatibility with various features in Appian.

Feature	Compatibility	Note
Portals	Compatible
Offline Mobile	Compatible
Sync-Time Custom Record Fields	Incompatible
Real-Time Custom Record Fields	Incompatible	Custom record fields that evaluate in real time must be configured using one or more Custom Field functions.
Process Reports	Incompatible	Cannot be used to configure a process report.
Process Events	Incompatible	Cannot be used to configure a process event node, such as a start event or timer event.

The following patterns include usage of the Editable Grid Header Component.

Add Validations to an Inline Editable Grid (Validation, Grids, Looping): Allows the user to change data directly in a grid, and validate a various entries.
Add, Edit, and Remove Data in an Inline Editable Grid (Grids, Looping): Allow the user to change data directly in an inline editable grid.
Display Multiple Files in a Grid (Document Management, Grids): Show a dynamic number of files in a grid and edit certain file attributes.
Expand/Collapse Rows in a Tree Grid (Hierarchical Data, Grids): Create a grid that shows hierarchical data and allows users to dynamically expand and collapse rows within the grid.
Track Adds and Deletes in Inline Editable Grid (Grids): In an inline editable grid, track the employees that are added for further processing in the next process steps.
Use Selection For Bulk Actions in an Inline Editable Grid (Grids): Allow the user to edit data inline in a grid one field at a time, or in bulk using selection.