LabVIEW
Editable table column ordering
Before I embark on a lengthy process of handling drag and drop events, I thought I'd ask the collective knowledge if there was an easy way to create a table in which the operator can modify the order of the columns? I want the operator to be able to reorder the columns, ideally by selecting a column header and dragging it left and right to move its position relative to its neighbours.
Thanks in advance,
In the interests of sharing, here is what I have so far (didn't take so long to code afterall).
I'd still prefer some native functionality though if anyone knows if it can be configured?
Hi Philip,
Thanks for adding that, very useful 
. My example was an experiment, I was looking for something that could prove I could rearrange the column headers. In my actual implementation I will instead modify an array of indices which will be used elsewhere to populate the table more completely.
I take it you know of no native way to achieve this with LabVIEW controls only?
That sounds tough. For cases where I need to edit in place with limitations, I usually enforce a borderless VI to appear right over the cell when a mouse down is recognised, resized to match the cell size with only a single control in, set to fit to pane. The VI is picked from a library of VIs, each with a different type of control in it - list, string, checkbox, value etc. When you press return (etc.), the VI closes itself and passes the new data back to the table for integration. Not fun, usually a bit clumsy, but gets the job done.
A dedicated .NET control may a very good idea!
