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Column Management Modal Improvements (Grouping, Popovers, and State-based Actions)
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Description
While working on a feature requiring complex table customization, I’ve been exploring some potential enhancements to the Column Management modal:
Proposed Enhancements:
- Expandable Column Groups: Add support for grouping related columns within the modal. This is especially useful for tables with many columns, allowing users to expand/collapse sections to find what they need more efficiently.
- Popovers on Group Titles: Allow for informational popovers on group headings to provide additional context or descriptions for specific categories of data.
- Conditional "Restore" State: Disable the
Restore default columnsaction if the user has not made any changes from the default state. This reduces visual noise and clarifies when a customization has actually occurred.
Supporting Documentation:
Jira Issue: PF-3516
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the linked Column Management modal demo, prototype, and Figma design, then compare the proposed grouping, group-title popovers, and conditional Restore behavior with the current component. Done means the three enhancements are implemented and their behavior matches the agreed design; the Jira issue PF-3516 may provide additional requirements.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100