where did setColumns go?

[ctung]

I used to use getColumns()/setColumns() to get/set the visible columns as a subset of the full list of columns.

It looks like I can still use angularGrid.pluginService._grid.setColumns() & ._grid.getColumns() but I don't see that documented anywhere. Also it causes inconsistencies in other variables like visibleColumns and areVisibleColumnsDifferent.

https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-cjiajg

angularGridReady(angularGrid: AngularGridInstance) {
this.angularGrid = angularGrid;
console.log(angularGrid.gridStateService.getColumns()); // returns []
this.angularGrid.gridStateService.resetColumns(this.columnView); // does nothing?
console.log(angularGrid.pluginService._grid.getColumns()); // returns original columns
this.angularGrid.pluginService._grid.setColumns(this.columnView); // changes columns
console.log(angularGrid.pluginService.areVisibleColumnDifferent); // false should be true
console.log(angularGrid.pluginService._grid.getColumns()); // returns the partial list
}

[ghiscoding]

Maybe the Migration Guide is not clear enough but if you look at the Example code, you will see that the best way to get the grid and/or the dataView object is through the new AngularGridInstance. I tried to expose most of everything in that new instance.

I updated the Migration Guide

Like this way:

angularGridReady(angularGrid: AngularGridInstance) {
    this.angularGrid = angularGrid;
    this.gridObj = angularGrid.slickGrid;
    this.dataViewObj = angularGrid.dataView;

    // and any other Services you wish to use
    this.gridService = angularGrid.gridService;
}

Please don't use any _grid, they are meant to be for internal usage only.

[ghiscoding]

BTW I'm not sure what you are trying to do with the code, but aren't you looking for a Grid State & Presets functionality? The Wiki - Grid State & Presets was updated after the new 1.x version. Also the Grid State now also deal with the columns, that is new in version 1.x. So you might want to take another look at the wiki.

It's also a lot of work for 1 person (me), so if you feel that the examples, wikis are lacking then feel free to mention which wiki should be updated. Our team decided to make it open source, in the hope of bringing feedback and improvement, I think it's going good so far.

[ctung]

Ok, Thanks again!