Horizontally scrolling tables in list view - pull request potential?

[sbull]

I recently worked out a way to make the "list" view tables more useful to me - showing more/all columns with horizontal scrolling and frozen header columns, as I described here: https://github.com/sferik/rails_admin/wiki/Horizontally-scrolling-table-with-frozen-columns-in-list-view
It's mostly done in javascript, but could be better suited to be integrated in the gem instead.

I'm wondering if there would be support for making this a configuration option. If the feature would likely be accepted, I'll work on a pull request for it. I'm sure I'll need some guidance along the way - such as naming for the config option, how to build a test case, etc. Should I take a crack at this, or do you think it's better to live in userland customization instead of in the gem?

[sbull]

@mshibuya do you have thoughts on this? Or should I discuss it with someone else? Thanks!

[iMacTia]

It should definitely be included as an option for the gem, would make a lot of sense!

[SuperMasterBlasterLaser]

@sbull I have used your javascript code, and that kind of result I have got:

It "destroys" table.

[sbull]

I've slightly updated the JS with rails_admin 0.6.8. Here's what I get (rails_admin 0.6.8, Chrome 46.0).

[martnst]

+1 on including it with rails_admin per default

[opensourceame]

+1 for including it with Rails but I think it should be optional in the config. The JS should also add some classes to the wrapper elements so it's easily to customise the look.

[twikah]

+1 on including it with rails_admin as optional in the config!

[sbull]

I have created PR #3017 to add this feature and updated the wiki with a new workaround.

[mshibuya]

#3017 was merged in.