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How are column widths calculated in Salesforce Lightning?
Specifies how column widths are calculated. Set to ‘fixed’ for columns with equal widths. Set to ‘auto’ for column widths that are based on the width of the column content and the table width. The default is ‘fixed’.
How is data table formatted in Salesforce Lightning?
The data table formats the data cells of a column based on the type you specify for the column. To get correct formatting, specify a type that matches the field type you pass in to a column. The default data type for a column is text. Object values passed into a text type column are displayed as an empty string.
What are the attributes of the Lightning DataTable?
Attributes Name Description column-widths-mode Specifies how column widths are calculat columns Array of the columns object that’s used data The array of data to be displayed. default-sort-direction Specifies the default sorting direction
Which is the correct way to set table width in HTML?
Use CSS to control layout of data cells in HTML tables. The width attribute, now deprecated, was once the correct way to adjust the width of a table’s columns. By default, a browser will adjust table columns to fit the contents of the table.
How to create data table in Salesforce Lightning?
Set to ‘auto’ for column widths based on the width of the column content and the table width. The default is ‘fixed’. Array of the columns object that’s used to define the data types. Required properties include ‘label’, ‘dataKey’, and ‘type’. The default type is ‘text’. The array of data to be displayed.
How to set column widths in Salesforce DataTable?
I have a datatable that has many columns that can be very skinny, while other columns should be much bigger. Right now, everytime the page loads, the column widths are evenly distributed. You can use the initialWidth property of the column to set the width when it is rendered. It can still be resized.