Controlling Visibility and Activation Status

Activating and Deactivating Functions

If you do not want to hide a UI element, but want to prevent the user from executing its function, you can deactivate the UI element.

To activate or deactivate the UI element for a standard ALV function , you use methods from class CL_SALV_WD_FUNCTION_STD.

To activate or deactivate the UI element for a user-defined function , you use methods from the class of your UI element (see Specifying User Interface Elements ).

Methods for the activation status of function objects

Showing and Hiding Functions

The following two constants are available for showing and hiding functions:

• VISIBILITY-VISIBLE

  The system displays the function.

• VISIBILITY-NONE

  The system hides the function.

To show or hide a UI element for a standard ALV function , you use the methods of class CL_SALV_WD_FUNCTION_STD.

To show or hide a UI element for a user-defined function , you use the methods of class CL_SALV_WD_FUNCTION.

Methods for showing and hiding function objects

Showing, Hiding, and Deactivating the Toolbar

To control the activation status or visibility of the whole toolbar, you use the methods of interface class IF_SALV_WD_FUNCTION_SETTINGS (implementing class CL_SALV_WD_CONFIG_TABLE).

Methods for the activation status and visibility of the toolbar