Primefaces: DataTable: Vertical header

[richmondspears]

This is a migration of issue #6764 from the google hosted issue tracker (https://code.google.com/p/primefaces/issues/detail?id=6764).

It would be great if the orientation of the could be rotated such that the column data is horizontal.

e.g.
Rather than:

_Year Height
1990 63
1991 68
1992 73_

I would like:

_Year 1990 1991 1992
Height 63 68 73_

This was previously requested in a thread in 2010:

http://forum.primefaces.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6427

On 18th April 2015, Cagatay suggested in a comment on the ticket that this requirement was catered for via reflow mode.

Reflow mode is a most welcome addition however I would suggest that the 'stacked mode' as demonstrated in the blog (see here: http://blog.primefaces.org/?p=3417) isn't the same as the example that led to the creation of this ticket.

i.e instead of:

_Year 1990 1991 1992
Height 63 68 73_

reflow mode produces:

_Year 1990
Height 63
Year 1991
Height 68
Year 1992
Height 73_

This is ideal for mobile devices but does not make the most of horizontal screen estate for desktop/widescreen devices or use cases where one would like to compare the data in this orientation and have it all visible on-screen at the same time.

I would imagine that reflow mode could be extended to include this feature?

[kukel]

the way reflow works is totally different then what is required here. Your request is so much different. This requires a total transposition of the data and therefor is not something that 'reflow' could include easily.

[aosama]

would be great to have this feature

[mrodriguezmad]

I think it is a very useful feature in some cases. Above all integrated with the DataExporter.

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[melloware]

Closing as duplicate of this request: https://github.com/primefaces/primefaces/issues/2931 Or its similar enough...