Column Freeze or Fixed Column in datatable

Question

Is it possible to freeze first 3 columns of Primefaces' data table?

I'm using Primefaces 3.1

Answer 1

Primefaces does not support fixed columns right now.

Jquery fixed column was used to achieve the same. Reference : http://datatables.net/extras/fixedcolumns/

Example:

var oTable2 = $(primfacesDataTableId).find('table').dataTable({
                "sScrollX" : "100%", //Scroll
                "sScrollY" : "180",
                "bAutoWidth" : false,
                "bScrollCollapse" : true,
                "bPaginate" : false,
                "bSort" : false,
                "sInfo" : "",
                "sInfoEmpty" : ""
            });

var oFC = new FixedColumns(oTable2, {
                    "iLeftColumns" : 4, //Freezed first for columns
                    "sHeightMatch" : "auto",
                    "iLeftWidth" : 405
                });

Thanks, Shikha

Answer 2

For those who are using Primefaces 4.1 or above, this feature is now implemented (it took four years from the first request, by the way):

https://code.google.com/p/primefaces/issues/detail?id=366

You can play with the horizontal scrolling in the showcase.