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Automagically Collapse/Expand columns in wide tables since Bootstrap: Footable jQuery Plugin?

Status
Open
Subject
Automagically Collapse/Expand columns in wide tables since Bootstrap: Footable jQuery Plugin?
Version
13.x Regression
14.x Regression
Category
  • Usability
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
  • Feature request
  • Support request
Feature
Admin Interface (UI)
Edit interface (UI)
Theme: Look & feel, Styles, CSS, Theme Control Center
Resolution status
New
Submitted by
Xavier de Pedro
Lastmod by
Xavier de Pedro
Rating
(1)
Description

Since the use of Bootstrap in Tiki (13.x+), wide tables (like many of the ones we use in dev.t.o to display bugs and their associated variables) display a bunch of columns hidden, and the scrollbar is only shown at the bottom of the whole table.

New users might not notice that there are columns on the right hand side of the table, designed to be shown (like in our case, the column "Comments", which indicates which bugs have been commented, by whom and when, to facilitate info to the viewer about bugs that received feedback and more opinions/replies might be expected, etc).
Example (from https://dev.tiki.org/Tiki14+Blockers on a wide screen):
Image


I was searching for something like what you can doo with doodle on wide tables, but couldn't find any jquery plugin for that.

Default view on wide table (doodle.com )
Expanded view after clicking at the shrinked columns (doodle.com)
Image Image


The floss solutions that we might explore to integrate might be (after 30' of searching around):

  1. Footable jquery plugin: (MIT licensed)
    http://fooplugins.com/footable-demos/
  2. Table column toggle, from jquery mobile (compatible with using Bootstrap?)
    http://demos.jquerymobile.com/1.3.0-beta.1/docs/tables/table-column-toggle.html


Try the demos, and see
Alternatively, some sort of custom trick could be desinged using colResizable jQuery Plugin? (MIT licensed)
http://www.bacubacu.com/colresizable/

If equally complex to implement, I would cast my vote for Footable jquery plugin, for what I've seen in their website as end user.

Importance
8
Easy to solve?
4
Priority
32
Demonstrate Bug on Tiki 19+
Demonstrate Bug (older Tiki versions)
Ticket ID
5587
Created
Wednesday 11 March, 2015 08:42:35 UTC
by Xavier de Pedro
LastModif
Wednesday 11 March, 2015 08:46:02 UTC


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