Size of ALV Output, Columns, and Cells  

By default, the size of the ALV output, columns, and rows depends on their content. In other words:

·        A column is at least as wide as its widest cell.

·        The ALV output is at least as wide as all its columns together.

·        A row is at least as high as its highest cell.

You can easily increase the width of the ALV output and columns by specifying the required width. However, to reduce the size, you firstly have to fix the layout of the ALV output. This assigns the same width to all columns. You can then specify the required column width. You can make the following settings for the size of the individual areas:

·        Change width

·        Fix table layout

You can only control the height of the rows by content (for example, by using a particular graphic size or several lines of text).

Changing the Width

To change the width of an area, use the methods of the classes of the respective areas.

Methods for Changing the Width

Function	Class	Method
Set width of ALV output	IF_SALV_WD_TABLE_SETTINGS	SET_WIDTH
Set width of column	CL_SALV_WD_COLUMN
Set width of cell Only with the following cell editors:		SET_WIDTH or SET_WIDTH_FIELDNAME
Button	CL_SALV_WD_UIE_BUTTON
Dropdown list box	CL_SALV_WD_UIE_DROPDOWN_ BY_KEY
Image	CL_SALV_WD_UIE_IMAGE
InputField	CL_SALV_WD_UIE_INPUT_FIELD
ProgressIndicator	CL_SALV_WD_UIE_PROGR_ INDICATOR
Toggle Button	CL_SALV_WD_UIE_TOGGLE_ BUTTON
Get width of ALV output	IF_SALV_WD_TABLE_SETTINGS	GET_WIDTH
Get width of the column	CL_SALV_WD_COLUMN
Get width of cell (only with cell editors listed above)		GET_WIDTH or GET_WIDTH_FIELDNAME

Fixing the Table Layout

Fixing the layout of the ALV output can be used to make columns narrower than their content dictates.

You use the methods of the interface class IF_SALV_WD_TABLE_SETTINGS for this (implementing class CL_SALV_WD_CONFIG_TABLE).

Methods for Fixing the Table Layout

Function	Method
Fix table layout	SET_FIXED_TABLE_LAYOUT
Check whether the table layout is fixed	GET_FIXED_TABLE_LAYOUT