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[Feature Request] VDataTable: Resizable columns + automatic hide / display column feature

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C: VDataTable T: feature
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Description

Problem to solve

Data table columns are not resizable, not natively nor available options.

Some issues already have been opened, but downvoted or closed with painful and incorrect solutions.

I really think this should be a native feature of dataTables, as well as another one which should be to be able to hide / display columns on demand.

As those feature often come again and again, they'll be more than valuable to be supported natively, or, at the very least, to have working examples wrt the way to go.

Proposed solution

Any packages I tried has pro and cons.

For the time being, I use a custom solution using event handler and offset computations to resize columns, but this is far from ideal. I also tried the most proposed solution, i.e. the resize-column package, but it has issue both with sort and expand options.

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Research direction

Start with the VDataTable entry point and review how its sorting and expand options interact with the current column behavior. Compare the reported resize-column package issues and the custom event-handler and offset approach. Done would require a defined native solution for resizing columns and hiding or displaying them on demand without breaking sorting or expansion.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

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
30/100

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