Cell Variants and Cell Editors

Use

If you create an ALV display, suitable cell editors are created autoamtically for the individual columns, usually TextView. Using cell variants ( CL_SALV_WD_CV_STANDARD) you can replace this cell editor by another line-by-line.

This can, for example, be necessary if you want to make the ALV display input-ready or if you want to use interactive UI elements such as links or buttons.

You can also use a cell variant ( CL_SALV_WD_MULTI_CELL_EDITOR) which allows you to represent multiple cell editors in a cell at the same time. For example, this is necessary if youwant to group all interactive elements in the first column.

For more information: Defining Multiple Cell Editors for a Cell

Example

Examples for using the cell variants are:

• If you want to make the ALV display editable: Changing the Cell Editor

• In the system, read the examples for the class documentation for CL_SALV_WD_CV_STANDARD under the method SET_CELL_EDITOR:

  • Setting Cell Variant for the Entire Column

  • Setting Cell Variants for Individual Cells