Grid Table
Spreadsheet-style copy and paste on a grid table: select a cell block and copy it, or paste rows from Excel into the table and let the backend append them - needs UI5 1.119 or newer.
Z2UI5_CL_SMP_APP_538
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Grid Table
UI5 1.119
frontend action
The facts
- Repository
- abap2UI5/samples
- Class
Z2UI5_CL_SMP_APP_538- Source file
z2ui5_cl_smp_app_538.clas.abap↗- Category
- Grid Table
- Learning path
- Show many rows
- Minimum UI5
- 1.119
- In the playground
- runs in the browser, with no system and nothing installed
- Marked
(A)— Performs a frontend action: client->follow_up_action( ), or drag and drop
Keywords: clipboard, copy, paste, cellselector, copyprovider, pasteprovider, excel, spreadsheet, grid, control_by_id
Controls it builds
- sap.m.Button
- sap.m.Label
- sap.m.MessageStrip
- sap.m.OverflowToolbar
- sap.m.OverflowToolbarButton
- sap.m.Page
- sap.m.Shell
- sap.m.Text
- sap.m.Title
- sap.m.ToolbarSpacer
- sap.m.plugins.CellSelector
- sap.m.plugins.CopyProvider
- sap.m.plugins.PasteProvider
- sap.ui.core.mvc.View
- sap.ui.table.Column
- sap.ui.table.Table
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" @keywords clipboard copy paste cellselector copyprovider pasteprovider excel spreadsheet grid control_by_id
" @summary Spreadsheet-style copy and paste on a grid table: select a cell block and copy it, or paste rows from Excel into the table and let the backend append them - needs UI5 1.119 or newer.
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smp_app_538 DEFINITION PUBLIC.
PUBLIC SECTION.
INTERFACES z2ui5_if_app.
TYPES:
BEGIN OF ty_s_product,
product_id TYPE string,
name TYPE string,
category TYPE string,
price TYPE string,
currency TYPE string,
END OF ty_s_product.
DATA t_products TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF ty_s_product WITH EMPTY KEY.
PROTECTED SECTION.
TYPES ty_t_rows TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF string_table WITH EMPTY KEY.
DATA client TYPE REF TO z2ui5_if_client.
METHODS on_init.
METHODS on_event.
METHODS on_event_paste.
METHODS view_display.
METHODS pasted_rows
IMPORTING
json TYPE string
RETURNING
VALUE(result) TYPE ty_t_rows.
PRIVATE SECTION.
ENDCLASS.
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smp_app_538 IMPLEMENTATION.
METHOD z2ui5_if_app~main.
me->client = client.
IF client->check_on_init( ).
on_init( ).
ELSEIF client->check_on_navigated( ).
view_display( ).
ELSEIF client->check_on_event( ).
on_event( ).
ENDIF.
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD on_init.
t_products = VALUE #(
( product_id = `HT-1000` name = `Notebook Basic 15` category = `Laptops` price = `956.00` currency = `EUR` )
( product_id = `HT-1001` name = `Notebook Basic 17` category = `Laptops` price = `1249.00` currency = `EUR` )
( product_id = `HT-1010` name = `Notebook Professional 15` category = `Laptops` price = `1999.00` currency = `EUR` )
( product_id = `HT-1030` name = `Ergo Screen E-I` category = `Flat Screens` price = `230.00` currency = `EUR` )
( product_id = `HT-1040` name = `Laser Professional Eco` category = `Printers` price = `830.00` currency = `EUR` )
( product_id = `HT-1063` name = `Ergonomic Keyboard` category = `Keyboards` price = `14.00` currency = `EUR` )
( product_id = `HT-1070` name = `Photo Scan` category = `Scanners` price = `129.00` currency = `EUR` ) ).
view_display( ).
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD on_event.
CASE client->get_event( ).
WHEN `COPY`.
" the CopyProvider's copy event - fired before the clipboard is written
client->message_toast_display( `Selection copied to the clipboard` ).
WHEN `PASTE`.
on_event_paste( ).
ENDCASE.
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD on_event_paste.
" the pasted rows arrive in the backend, which decides what they mean -
" here: the cells, in column order, become new products
DATA(rows) = pasted_rows( client->get_event_arg( ) ).
LOOP AT rows INTO DATA(cells).
INSERT VALUE #( product_id = VALUE #( cells[ 1 ] OPTIONAL )
name = VALUE #( cells[ 2 ] OPTIONAL )
category = VALUE #( cells[ 3 ] OPTIONAL )
price = VALUE #( cells[ 4 ] OPTIONAL )
currency = VALUE #( cells[ 5 ] OPTIONAL ) ) INTO TABLE t_products.
ENDLOOP.
client->message_toast_display( |{ lines( rows ) } row(s) pasted and appended| ).
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD pasted_rows.
" the paste event's data parameter is string[][], so it reaches the
" backend as JSON: [["HT-2000","Tablet"],["HT-2001","Phone"]]. One pass
" over it - an opening quote starts a cell, a closing one ends it, and a
" bracket that closes the second level ends a row.
DATA row TYPE string_table.
DATA cell TYPE string.
DATA depth TYPE i.
DATA in_string TYPE abap_bool.
DATA escaped TYPE abap_bool.
DO strlen( json ) TIMES.
DATA(char) = substring( val = json
off = sy-index - 1
len = 1 ).
IF in_string = abap_true.
IF escaped = abap_true.
cell = |{ cell }{ char }|.
escaped = abap_false.
ELSEIF char = `\`.
escaped = abap_true.
ELSEIF char = `"`.
INSERT cell INTO TABLE row.
cell = ``.
in_string = abap_false.
ELSE.
cell = |{ cell }{ char }|.
ENDIF.
ELSEIF char = `"`.
in_string = abap_true.
ELSEIF char = `[`.
depth = depth + 1.
ELSEIF char = `]`.
IF depth = 2.
INSERT row INTO TABLE result.
row = VALUE #( ).
ENDIF.
depth = depth - 1.
ENDIF.
ENDDO.
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD view_display.
DATA(view) = z2ui5_cl_ui5_view_builder=>factory(
)->ele( n = `View` ns = `mvc`
)->a( n = `displayBlock` v = `true`
)->a( n = `height` v = `100%`
)->a( n = `xmlns` v = `sap.m`
)->a( n = `xmlns:mvc` v = `sap.ui.core.mvc`
)->a( n = `xmlns:core` v = `sap.ui.core`
)->a( n = `xmlns:table` v = `sap.ui.table`
)->a( n = `xmlns:plugins` v = `sap.m.plugins`
)->a( n = `xmlns:app` v = `http://schemas.sap.com/sapui5/extension/sap.ui.core.CustomData/1`
" the CopyProvider's extractData callback ships with the framework
)->a( n = `core:require` v = `{Clipboard: 'z2ui5/model/clipboard'}` ).
DATA(page) = view->ele( `Shell`
)->ele( `Page`
)->a( n = `title` v = `abap2UI5 - Grid Table - Copy & Paste, CellSelector (UI5 1.119+)`
)->a( n = `showNavButton` b = client->check_app_prev_stack( )
)->a( n = `navButtonPress` v = client->_event_nav_app_leave( ) ).
page->tag( `MessageStrip`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Drag over the cells to select a block, then press Copy or Ctrl+C - the CopyProvider writes ` &&
`it to the clipboard, as text for a spreadsheet. Copy a few rows in Excel and press Paste or ` &&
`Ctrl+V on the table: the rows travel to the backend, which appends them. Needs UI5 1.119 or newer.`
)->a( n = `type` v = `Information`
)->a( n = `showIcon` b = abap_true
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiSmallMargin` ).
DATA(table) = page->ele( n = `Table` ns = `table`
)->a( n = `id` v = `products`
)->a( n = `rows` v = client->_bind( t_products )
)->a( n = `visibleRowCount` v = `8`
)->a( n = `selectionMode` v = `MultiToggle`
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiSmallMargin`
)->a( n = `paste` v = client->_event( val = `PASTE` arg = `${$parameters>/data}` ) ).
table->ele( n = `dependents` ns = `table`
)->tag( n = `CellSelector` ns = `plugins`
)->tag( n = `CopyProvider` ns = `plugins`
)->a( n = `id` v = `copyProvider`
)->a( n = `extractData` v = `Clipboard.extractData`
)->a( n = `copy` v = client->_event( `COPY` ) ).
table->ele( n = `extension` ns = `table`
)->ele( `OverflowToolbar`
)->tag( `Title`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Products`
)->tag( `ToolbarSpacer`
" the copy has to run inside the click - the browser only lets a
" user gesture write the clipboard - so no roundtrip: a frontend
" action calls copySelectionData on the plugin directly
)->tag( `OverflowToolbarButton`
)->a( n = `icon` v = `sap-icon://copy`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Copy`
)->a( n = `tooltip` v = `Copy`
)->a( n = `press` v = client->follow_up_action( val = client->cs_event-control_by_id
t_arg = VALUE #( ( `copyProvider` ) ( `copySelectionData` ) ( `X` ) ) )
" the PasteProvider turns this button into a paste button for the table
)->ele( `Button`
)->ele( `dependents`
)->tag( n = `PasteProvider` ns = `plugins`
)->a( n = `pasteFor` v = `products` ).
" app:bindings names what a column copies - the clipboard module reads
" it, one clipboard cell per path
table->ele( n = `columns` ns = `table`
)->ele( n = `Column` ns = `table`
)->a( n = `app:bindings` v = `PRODUCT_ID`
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Product ID`
)->ele( n = `template` ns = `table`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = `{PRODUCT_ID}`
)->end(
)->end(
)->ele( n = `Column` ns = `table`
)->a( n = `app:bindings` v = `NAME`
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Name`
)->ele( n = `template` ns = `table`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = `{NAME}`
)->end(
)->end(
)->ele( n = `Column` ns = `table`
)->a( n = `app:bindings` v = `CATEGORY`
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Category`
)->ele( n = `template` ns = `table`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = `{CATEGORY}`
)->end(
)->end(
)->ele( n = `Column` ns = `table`
)->a( n = `app:bindings` v = `PRICE`
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Price`
)->ele( n = `template` ns = `table`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = `{PRICE}`
)->end(
)->end(
)->ele( n = `Column` ns = `table`
)->a( n = `app:bindings` v = `CURRENCY`
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Currency`
)->ele( n = `template` ns = `table`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = `{CURRENCY}`
)->end(
)->end( ).
client->view_display( view->stringify( ) ).
ENDMETHOD.
ENDCLASS.
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