Column header drop down menu with hidden columns options

[haraleib]

According to the documentation it should be possitlbe to use entry options from contextMenu in dropdownMenu.

Here in this example it does not work to show/hide columns with hidden_columns_show or hidden_columns_hide option.
https://jsfiddle.net/Lme3d5j0/

Do I miss something here?

[AMBudnik]

That is, indeed, a great question.

To enable plugin-related options you need to enable the plugin first. But hidden_column... will work only in contextMenu. The reason why it works this way is the fact that dropdownMenu works per column so showing columns will not be possible with the use of dropdownMenu.

I think that the hiding option is not added to the default set of options when hiddenColumns is enabled because of the actions (select two columns) you need to take to show columns. But I will keep it open for a discussion.

Till we sort that out, here is what you can use https://jsfiddle.net/ns3ckrz4/6/

[haraleib]

Thanks for your reply and your example. Makes sense to me.
I think another reason to not add hidden_columns_show and hidden_columns_hide to the dropdownMenu could be, that it lacks to show hidden columns again...