Popup Column Picker

You can easily implement a column-picker UI by using the grid's columns property, a ListBox control, and C1 MVC's showPopup and hidePopup methods.

For example, the grid below loads with an auto-generated set of columns. Click the gear icon at the top-left cell to show a ListBox where you can select the columns you want to display.

Id
Start
End
Country
Product
Color
Country Id
Product Id
Color Id
Amount1
Amount2
Amount3
Amount4
Amount5
Discount
Active
0
1/25/2025
1/25/2025
UK
Widget
Green
2
0
3
-4,851.24
-184.40
-2,197.24
-376.71
1,432.88
0.18
1
2/25/2025
2/25/2025
Greece
Sprocket
Blue
5
1
4
357.92
-1,917.46
1,648.01
-1,595.99
-4,122.66
0.17
2
3/25/2025
3/25/2025
Greece
Gadget
Green
5
2
3
3,574.78
-2,562.58
-576.93
1,521.84
2,262.33
0.22
3
4/25/2025
4/25/2025
Germany
Sprocket
Black
1
1
0
-4,343.50
-3,778.32
1,781.64
-3,854.34
-868.56
0.16
4
5/25/2025
5/25/2025
UK
Sprocket
White
2
1
1
2,196.05
2,819.80
3,809.57
-4,151.36
2,810.34
0.14
5
6/25/2025
6/25/2025
Japan
Gadget
White
3
2
1
475.73
-2,613.76
-2,823.34
-3,763.31
4,824.06
0.19
6
7/25/2025
7/25/2025
Italy
Sprocket
Black
4
1
0
108.49
-3,267.22
-2,205.53
4,920.57
4,782.89
0.16
7
8/25/2025
8/25/2025
Germany
Sprocket
Blue
1
1
4
4,931.70
4,165.84
4,070.12
-1,936.41
-971.44
0.09
8
9/25/2025
9/25/2025
Italy
Doohickey
White
4
3
1
3,788.36
-3,075.22
-2,985.50
1,399.54
-4,970.15
0.08
9
10/25/2025
10/25/2025
US
Doohickey
White
0
3
1
3,728.52
-1,092.07
-2,479.28
-3,148.48
-1,074.95
0.04
10
11/25/2025
11/25/2025
Japan
Widget
Red
3
0
2
1,847.91
1,544.55
-4,688.64
1,722.25
4,108.21
0.05
11
12/25/2025
12/25/2025
Italy
Doohickey
Black
4
3
0
1,958.82
-2,914.50
-1,715.73
-2,688.56
1,027.66
0.17
12
1/25/2025
1/25/2025
Japan
Doohickey
Red
3
3
2
2,959.49
-390.95
621.30
396.58
3,882.77
0.09
13
2/25/2025
2/25/2025
Germany
Doohickey
Blue
1
3
4
-3,184.61
291.76
957.87
431.72
-2,961.51
0.20
14
3/25/2025
3/25/2025
Germany
Sprocket
Green
1
1
3
-4,322.41
-2,355.12
3,192.65
-3,354.73
4,379.66
0.19

You can use the grid's columnLayout property to allow users to save and restore column layouts. Click the buttons below to see how this works.

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// This file locates: "Scripts/Lesson/C1Mvc/WijmoShowPopup.js".
c1.documentReady(function () {
    // generate some random data
    var data = [],
      countries = ['US', 'Germany', 'UK', 'Japan', 'Italy', 'Greece'],
      products = ['Widget', 'Sprocket', 'Gadget', 'Doohickey'],
      colors = ['Black', 'White', 'Red', 'Green', 'Blue'],
      dt = new Date();
    for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
        var date = new Date(dt.getFullYear(), i % 12, 25, i % 24, i % 60, i % 60),
          countryId = Math.floor(Math.random() * countries.length),
          productId = Math.floor(Math.random() * products.length),
          colorId = Math.floor(Math.random() * colors.length);
        var item = {
            id: i,
            start: date,
            end: date,
            country: countries[countryId],
            product: products[productId],
            color: colors[colorId],
            countryId: countryId,
            productId: productId,
            colorId: colorId,
            amount1: Math.random() * 10000 - 5000,
            amount2: Math.random() * 10000 - 5000,
            amount3: Math.random() * 10000 - 5000,
            amount4: Math.random() * 10000 - 5000,
            amount5: Math.random() * 10000 - 5000,
            discount: Math.random() / 4,
            active: i % 4 == 0
        };
        data.push(item);
    }
 
    var theGrid = wijmo.Control.getControl('#theGrid');
    theGrid.itemsSource = data;
    theGrid.formatItem.addHandler(function (s, e) {
        if (e.panel == s.topLeftCells) {
            e.cell.innerHTML = '<span class="column-picker-icon glyphicon glyphicon-cog"></span>';
        }
    });
 
    var theColumnPicker = wijmo.Control.getControl('#theColumnPicker');
    theColumnPicker.initialize({
        itemsSource: theGrid.columns,
        checkedMemberPath: 'visible',
        displayMemberPath: 'header',
        lostFocus: function () {
            wijmo.hidePopup(theColumnPicker.hostElement);
        }
    });
 
    // show the column picker when the user clicks the top-left cell
    var ref = theGrid.hostElement.querySelector('.wj-topleft');
    ref.addEventListener('mousedown', function (e) {
        if (wijmo.hasClass(e.target, 'column-picker-icon')) {
            wijmo.showPopup(theColumnPicker.hostElement, ref, false, true, false);
            theColumnPicker.focus();
            e.preventDefault();
        }
    });
 
    // save/restore layout buttons
    document.getElementById('btnSave').addEventListener('click', function () {
        localStorage.setItem('myLayout', theGrid.columnLayout);
    });
    document.getElementById('btnRestore').addEventListener('click', function () {
        var layout = localStorage.getItem('myLayout');
        if (layout) {
            theGrid.columnLayout = layout;
        }
    });
});
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// This file locates: "Content/css/Lesson/C1Mvc/WijmoShowPopup.css".
.column-picker {
  columns: 3;
  padding: 12px;
  margin-left: 12px;
  margin-top: 26px;
  box-shadow: 0 10px 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.19), 0 6px 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.23);
}
.column-picker-icon {
  cursor: pointer;
  color: #FF8754;
  margin: 3px;
}
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using System.Web.Mvc;
 
namespace LearnMvcClient.Controllers
{
    public partial class C1MvcController : Controller
    {
        // GET: WijmoShowPopup
        public ActionResult WijmoShowPopup()
        {
            return View();
        }
    }
}
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<h1>
    @Html.Raw(Resources.C1Mvc.WijmoShowPopup_Title)
</h1>
<p>
    @Html.Raw(Resources.C1Mvc.WijmoShowPopup_Text1)
</p>
<p>
    @Html.Raw(Resources.C1Mvc.WijmoShowPopup_Text2)
</p>
@Html.C1().FlexGrid().Id("theGrid").Height(300)
<div style="display:none">
    @Html.C1().ListBox().Id("theColumnPicker").CssClass("column-picker")
</div>
 
<p>
    @Html.Raw(Resources.C1Mvc.WijmoShowPopup_Text3)
</p>
<button id="btnSave" class="btn btn-default">
    @Html.Raw(Resources.C1Mvc.WijmoShowPopup_Text4)
</button>
<button id="btnRestore" class="btn btn-default">
    @Html.Raw(Resources.C1Mvc.WijmoShowPopup_Text5)
</button>