WoozyG
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3 months ago This is still an issue in 24.4.7. The problem stems partly from SpreadsheetFactory.loadSheetTables() which doesn't check if the XLSX table has autoFilter set or not, and always creates a filter table. Thus, if we don't want filters, there is neither a way to turn them off or to define the file to not use them, and have it honored.
We need tables, but filters are implemented very incompletely, and completely mess up the display if the table is dynamically updated. We need a way to turn them off.
Description
there is no way to hide/remove the Spreadsheet component overlays for table column filter menus.
As the title says, even if setVisible(false) and setHeaderHidden(true) are called in an overridden registerTable() method, the UI still renders the overlays.
There is no way to remove the overlays entirely, and we can't inject a subclass of SpreadsheetFilterTable or replace with SpreadsheetTable without possibly creating side effects, as there is no preventing the caller from doing further work with the instance they passed, even if the implementation ignores it.
Expected outcome
If the overlay has no content, it shouldn't be displayed at all.
Ideally, this would not be needed if #5607 were fixed.
Minimal reproducible example
https://github.com/WoozyG/sheet-tables
Steps to reproduce
Run the given sample project, and note the tables still have overlay buttons even though they have no content.
Environment
Vaadin version(s): 24.2 OS: N/A
Browsers
Issue is not browser related