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Rows and Columns in JavaScript (ES5) Spreadsheet control

18 May 2022 / 8 minutes to read

Spreadsheet is a tabular format consisting of rows and columns. The intersection point of rows and columns are called as cells. The list of operations that you can perform in rows and columns are,

Insert
Delete
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Insert

You can insert rows or columns anywhere in a spreadsheet. Use the allowInsert property to enable or disable the insert option in Spreadsheet.

Row

The rows can be inserted in the following ways,

Using insertRow method, you can insert the rows once the component is loaded.
Using context menu, insert the empty rows in the desired position.

The following code example shows the options for inserting rows in the spreadsheet.

Source

Preview

index.js

index.html

ej.base.enableRipple(true);

var columns = [
    { width: 20 }, { width: 90 }, { width: 220 }, { width: 90 }, { width: 140 }, { width: 90 }, { width: 100 }, { width: 100 }
];

// Rows model which is going to insert dynamically
var rowsModel = [{
    index: 9, // Need to specify the index for the first row collection, the specified rows will be inserted in this index.
    cells: [{ value: '' }, { value: '8' }, { value: 'Northwoods Cranberry Sauce' }, { value: '3' }, { value: '12 - 12 oz jars' },
        { value: '40.00' }, { value: '6' }, { value: 'false' }]
},
{
    cells: [{ value: '' }, { value: '9' }, { value: 'Mishi Kobe Niku' }, { value: '4' }, { value: '18 - 500 g pkgs.' }, { value: '97.00' },
        { value: '29' }, { value: 'true' }]
}];

var sheets = [{ ranges: [{ dataSource: data, startCell: 'B1' }], columns: columns }];

var spreadsheet = new ej.spreadsheet.Spreadsheet({
    sheets: sheets,
    created: function () {
        // Applies style formatting before inserting the rows
        spreadsheet.cellFormat({ fontWeight: 'bold', textAlign: 'center' }, 'B1:H1');
        // inserting a empty row at 0th index
        spreadsheet.insertRow();
        // inserting 2 rows at the 9th index with data
        spreadsheet.insertRow(rowsModel);
        // Applies style formatting after the rows are inserted
        spreadsheet.cellFormat({ textAlign: 'center' }, 'B3:B12');
        spreadsheet.cellFormat({ textAlign: 'center' }, 'D3:D12');
        spreadsheet.cellFormat({ textAlign: 'center' }, 'F3:H12');
    },
    // Removed the unwanted support for this samples
    showRibbon: false, showFormulaBar: false, showSheetTabs: false
});

spreadsheet.appendTo('#spreadsheet');

<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
        <title>EJ2 SpreadSheet</title>
        <meta charset="utf-8">
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
        <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls">
        <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
        <link rel="shortcut icon" href="resources/favicon.ico">
        <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-spreadsheet/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
        
        <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/core-js/2.4.1/shim.min.js"></script>
        <script src="system.config.js"></script>
        <script src="es5-datasource.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="es5-datasource.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
        <!--Element which is going to render-->
        
        <div id="container">
                <div id="spreadsheet"></div>
        </div>


<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
    ele.style.visibility = "visible";
 }   
        </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>

Column

The columns can be inserted in the following ways,

Using insertColumn method, you can insert the columns once the component is loaded.
Using context menu, insert the empty columns in the desired position.

The following code example shows the options for inserting columns in the spreadsheet.

Source

Preview

index.js

index.html

ej.base.enableRipple(true);

var columns =  [{ width: 90 }, { width: 220 }, { width: 90 }, { width: 140 }, { width: 100 }, { width: 100 }];

var sheets = [{ ranges: [{ dataSource: data, startCell: 'A2' }], columns: columns }];

// Cells model which we are going to update in the inserted 5th column dynamically
var cellsModel = [{ value: 'Unit Price', style: { fontWeight: 'bold', textAlign: 'center' } }, { value: '18.00' },
    { value: '19.00' }, { value: '10.00' }, { value: '22.00' }, { value: '21.35' }, { value: '25.00' }, { value: '30.00' },
    { value: '21.00' }, { value: '40.00' }, { value: '97.00' }];

var spreadsheet = new ej.spreadsheet.Spreadsheet({
    sheets: sheets,
    created: function () {
        // Applies style formatting before inserting the column
        spreadsheet.cellFormat({ fontWeight: 'bold', textAlign: 'center' }, 'A2:G2');
        // inserting a empty column at 0th index
        spreadsheet.insertColumn();
        // inserting 1 column at the 5th index with column model
        spreadsheet.insertColumn([{ index: 5, width: 90 }]);
        var rowIndex = 1;
        // Updating the 5th column data
        cellsModel.forEach(function (cell) {
            spreadsheet.updateCell(cell, ej.spreadsheet.getCellAddress(rowIndex, 5)); rowIndex++;
        });
        // Applies style formatting after the columns are inserted
        spreadsheet.cellFormat({ textAlign: 'center' }, 'B3:B12');
        spreadsheet.cellFormat({ textAlign: 'center' }, 'D3:D12');
        spreadsheet.cellFormat({ textAlign: 'center' }, 'F3:H12');
    },
    // Removed the unwanted support for this samples
    showRibbon: false, showFormulaBar: false, showSheetTabs: false
});

spreadsheet.appendTo('#spreadsheet');

<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
        <title>EJ2 SpreadSheet</title>
        <meta charset="utf-8">
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
        <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls">
        <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
        <link rel="shortcut icon" href="resources/favicon.ico">
        <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-spreadsheet/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
        
        <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/core-js/2.4.1/shim.min.js"></script>
        <script src="system.config.js"></script>
        <script src="es5-datasource.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="es5-datasource.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
        <!--Element which is going to render-->
        
        <div id="container">
                <div id="spreadsheet"></div>
        </div>


<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
    ele.style.visibility = "visible";
 }   
        </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>

Delete

Delete support provides an option for deleting the rows and columns in the spreadsheet. Use allowDelete property to enable or disable the delete option in Spreadsheet.

The rows and columns can be deleted dynamically in the following ways,

Using delete method, you can delete the loaded rows and columns.
Using context menu, you can delete the selected rows and columns.

The following code example shows the delete operation of rows and columns in the spreadsheet.

Source

Preview

index.js

index.html

ej.base.enableRipple(true);

var columns =  [{ width: 90 }, { width: 220 }, { width: 90 }, { width: 140 }, { width: 90 }, { width: 100 }, { width: 100 }];

var sheets = [{  name: 'Sheet1', ranges: [{ dataSource: data }], columns: columns }, { name: 'Sheet2', ranges: [{ dataSource: data }], columns: columns }];

var spreadsheet = new ej.spreadsheet.Spreadsheet({
    sheets: sheets,
    allowDelete: true, // to enable or disable the delete option in Spreadsheet 
    created: function () {
        spreadsheet.cellFormat({ fontWeight: 'bold', textAlign: 'center' }, 'A1:H1');
        // deleting the rows from 8th to 10th index. To delete row, the third argument of enum type is passed as 'Row', the last argument specifies the sheet name or index in which the delete operation will perform. By default,active sheet will be considered. It is applicable only for model type Row and Column.
        spreadsheet.delete(8, 10, 'Row', 0); // startIndex, endIndex, Row, sheet index
        // deleting the 2nd and 5th indexed columns
        spreadsheet.delete(2, 2, 'Column', 'Sheet2');
        spreadsheet.delete(5, 5, 'Column');
        spreadsheet.delete(0, 0, "Sheet"); // delete the first sheet. sheet index starts from 0
        // Applies style formatting after deleted the rows and columns
        spreadsheet.cellFormat({ textAlign: 'center' }, 'A2:A8');
        spreadsheet.cellFormat({ textAlign: 'center' }, 'D2:G8');
    },
    // Removed the unwanted support for this samples
    showRibbon: false, showFormulaBar: false
});

spreadsheet.appendTo('#spreadsheet');

<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
        <title>EJ2 SpreadSheet</title>
        <meta charset="utf-8">
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
        <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls">
        <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
        <link rel="shortcut icon" href="resources/favicon.ico">
        <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-spreadsheet/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
        
        <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/core-js/2.4.1/shim.min.js"></script>
        <script src="system.config.js"></script>
        <script src="es5-datasource.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="es5-datasource.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
        <!--Element which is going to render-->
        
        <div id="container">
                <div id="spreadsheet"></div>
        </div>


<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
    ele.style.visibility = "visible";
 }   
        </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>

Limitations

The following features have some limitations in Insert/Delete:

Insert row/column between the formatting applied cells.
Insert row/column between the data validation.
Insert row/column between the conditional formatting applied cells.
Insert/delete row/column between the filter applied cells.

Hide and show

You can show or hide the rows and columns in the spreadsheet through property binding, method, and context menu.

Row

The rows can be hidden or shown through the following ways,

Using hidden property in row, you can hide/show the rows at initial load.
Using hideRow method, you can hide the rows by specifying the start and end row index, set the last argument hide as false to unhide the hidden rows.
Right-click on the row header and select the desired option from context menu

Column

The columns can be hidden or shown through following ways,

Using hidden property in columns, you can hide/show the columns at initial load.
Using hideColumn method, you can hide the columns by specifying the start and end column index, set the last argument hide as false to unhide the hidden columns.
Right-click on the column header and select the desired option from context menu

The following code example shows the hide/show rows and columns operation in the spreadsheet.

Source

Preview

index.js

index.html

ej.base.enableRipple(true);

// Hiding the 1st and 2nd column index through property binding
var columns =  [{ width: 150 }, { width: 100, hidden: true }, { width: 100, hidden: true }, { width: 80 }, { width: 80 }, { width: 80 }, { width: 80 }, { width: 80 }];

// Hiding the 2nd and 3rd row index through property binding
var rows = [{ index: 2, hidden: true }, { hidden: true }];

var sheets = [{ ranges: [{ dataSource: data }], columns: columns, rows: rows }];

var spreadsheet = new ej.spreadsheet.Spreadsheet({
    sheets: sheets,
    created: function () {
        spreadsheet.cellFormat({ fontWeight: 'bold', textAlign: 'center' }, 'A1:H1');
        // Unhide the 2nd index hidden column
        spreadsheet.hideColumn(1, 1, false);
        // Unhide the 3rd index hidden row
        spreadsheet.hideRow(3, 3, false);
        // Hiding the 6th index column
        spreadsheet.hideColumn(6);
        // Hiding the 8th and 9th index row
        spreadsheet.hideRow(8, 9);
        spreadsheet.cellFormat({ textAlign: 'center' }, 'D2:H11');
    },
    // Removed the unwanted support for this samples
    showRibbon: false, showFormulaBar: false, showSheetTabs: false
});

spreadsheet.appendTo('#spreadsheet');

<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head>
        <title>EJ2 SpreadSheet</title>
        <meta charset="utf-8">
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
        <meta name="description" content="Typescript UI Controls">
        <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
        <link rel="shortcut icon" href="resources/favicon.ico">
        <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-spreadsheet/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
        <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
        
        <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/core-js/2.4.1/shim.min.js"></script>
        <script src="system.config.js"></script>
        <script src="es5-datasource.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="es5-datasource.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
        <!--Element which is going to render-->
        
        <div id="container">
                <div id="spreadsheet"></div>
        </div>


<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
    ele.style.visibility = "visible";
 }   
        </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>

Rows and Columns in JavaScript (ES5) Spreadsheet control

Insert

Row

Column

Delete

Limitations

Hide and show

Row

Column

See Also