Menu for hiding and showing columns

• Ability to add / remove columns from a predefined list of columns using a contextual menu.
• All columns would appear in this contextual menu as a checklist
• The visible columns would be “checked” and the hidden columns would be “unchecked”
• The user could click on an icon in the header to display the menu
• This feature would be toggled on/off with a top-level table property
• These settings would be “save-able” in the user’s browser session. So, if a user selected a series of columns, they could “save” these options (to the browser’s localstorage) and when they re-visit the app, the same set of columns would be displayed.
• This would only work on the user’s browser. It would not work across computers.
• This would use localstorage to save data
• This menu would be “global” for the table. It would not be displayed on a per-column basis.

The UI for this (and the other features) will be considered in a separate issue

[notatallshaw]

This is one of our top priority features for table 4.1 / dash 1.1, so hang tight and you’ll be able to upgrade as soon as we get the next release out.

Thanks! Please be aware I’m very greatful for all your efforts as I don’t pay for your team’s great work on this library.

When I am using obscure features and they break I mostly find workarounds, I just wanted help by pointing out as far as I’m aware this is actually a commonly used feature.

[alexcjohnson]

@vivekvs1 you can put extra fields in data that have no counterpart in columns - ie any column that you previously marked hidden, just remove it. Does that cover your use case?