Question

I have a datagrid with many columns. This makes it pretty wide. Now we want to add more information to the table. Aside from removing or shortening existing columns what are some ways we might be able to add additional information without adding new columnes.

The data we want to add would be one of several values. For example:
Projected
Actual
Other

For other cases when the value was an off/on or true/false we would change the color of the row. In this case that doesn’t seem to be a good option.

Another thing we considered is using an icon to indicate the information.

Any other ways this could be done?

Answer 1

A solution i’ve seen implemented with grid components is to have a column chooser – some sort of popup dialog that lists the columns and you can select which ones you would like to see in the grid. You should be able to invoke this popup by triggering it from the grid, e.g. it might appear as an option when the user right clicks and causes the context menu to appear.