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Version: Java (Groovy)

setLayoutHints

The setLayoutHints method creates a new table with information about how the UI should layout the table.

Syntax​

table.setLayoutHints(hints)

Parameters​

ParameterTypeDescription
hintsString

The string from LayoutHintBuilder.build(). Hints use the following methods:

Returns​

A new table with layout instructions for the UI.

Examples​

In the following example, the column Even is frozen to the front of the table, Odd is moved to the front, B is moved to the back, C is hidden, and A and E form a column group called Vowels.

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()
    .freeze("Even")
    .atFront("Odd")
    .atBack("B")
    .hide("C")
    .columnGroup("Vowels", ["A", "E"])
    .build()
)