Add the ability to show/hide table rows/columns in a <table>
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Description
A native ability to show/hide rows/columns in a table. A quick search shows other requests for this feature:
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/455958/hide-show-column-in-a-html-table
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2858339/show-hide-html-table-columns-using-css
- @simevidas brought this idea up on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@simevidas/110897360588866597
Possible solution: an attribute on a or like collapsable="true" with a ::marker pseudo element containing a symbol or label.
Open question: What does a collapsed row/column look like on the page, in the DOM, and how might it be styled?
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Research direction
Review the linked requests and the proposed collapsable attribute on or . Resolve how collapsed rows and columns should appear on the page, in the DOM, and under styling, including the possible ::marker treatment. Done means an agreed, actionable proposal for the native table behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- css, html
- Domain
- frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100