atFront

The atFront method is used within setLayoutHints to keep specified columns at the front of the table, after frozen columns. They will not be movable and will scroll off screen.

Syntax

atFront(cols...)

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
colsString...

The columns to place at the front of the table.

colsCollection<String>

The columns to place at the front of the table.

Returns

A new table with layout instructions for the UI.

Examples

In the following example, the column Odd is moved to the front of the table.

import io.deephaven.engine.util.LayoutHintBuilder

source = newTable(
    stringCol("A", "A", "a"),
    stringCol("B", "B", "b"),
    stringCol("C", "C", "c"),
    stringCol("D", "D", "d"),
    stringCol("E", "E", "e"),
    stringCol("Y", "Y", "y"),
    intCol("Even", 2, 4),
    intCol("Odd", 1, 3)
)

result = source.setLayoutHints(
    LayoutHintBuilder.get()
    .atFront("Odd")
    .build()
)