Enable column resizing within the DISCOVER table

[gsmith-sas]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

The columns within the table on the DISCOVER panel cannot be resized. The same limitation applies to the saved query widget/visualization used when including a query within a dashboard.

Describe the solution you'd like

It's 2022, adjustable column widths have been a standard feature of web-based tables for 20+ years. It would be nice to see this capability come to OpenSearch Dashboards. Developers should be able to set the column widths when creating/saving queries. Users of those saved queries should be able to adjust the column widths.

Describe alternatives you've considered

The alternative we've been living with is accepting the somewhat random column widths and resulting odd text wrapping of data values the OpenSearch Dashboards currently presents.

[kavilla]

Thanks for opening @gsmith-sas,

Tagging @opensearch-project/opensearch-ux

[kgcreative]

Thank you @kavilla and @gsmith-sas -- this is high on our priority list as we evolve our UI library

[stevesimpson418]

Do we have any update or idea on when this will likely be implemented? I couldn't see anything on the roadmap as of yet

[kgcreative]

@stevesimpson418 - Nothing short term yet. This has a dependency on refactoring the discover interface from angular to react, and then replacing the old table with either the new data grid, or an updated table component.

[anubisg1]

Yes, this is seemgly a small thing but it's incredibly important in the UI in terms of usability. I hope to see this done sooner than later

[ananzh]

@anubisg1 thank you and this is a great feedback. I am working on switching table vis from angular to react by using data grid component. I will add resizing column in my current scope.

[anubisg1]

@anubisg1 thank you and this is a great feedback. I am working on switching table vis from angular to react by using data grid component. I will add resizing column in my current scope.

hello @ananzh , i know that this is a huge piece of work but i was wondering .. how is it progressing? do you need help with testing?

[mobiusmalware]

I feel like I'm resurrecting a dead thread but @ananzh is there progress on this? I just realized that a year on from the last update, resizing is still not possible.

[kgcreative]

@mobiusmalware This is now live in OpenSearch Dashboards 2.10 (New discover experience): https://playground.opensearch.org/app/data-explorer/discover#?_a=(discover:(columns:!(_source),isDirty:!f,sort:!()),metadata:(indexPattern:ff959d40-b880-11e8-a6d9-e546fe2bba5f,view:discover))&_g=(filters:!(),refreshInterval:(pause:!t,value:0),time:(from:now-30d,to:now))&_q=(filters:!(),query:(language:kuery,query:'')) -- we would love your feedback

[stevesimpson418]

@mobiusmalware This is now live in OpenSearch Dashboards 2.10 (New discover experience): https://playground.opensearch.org/app/data-explorer/discover#?_a=(discover:(columns:!(_source),isDirty:!f,sort:!()),metadata:(indexPattern:ff959d40-b880-11e8-a6d9-e546fe2bba5f,view:discover))&_g=(filters:!(),refreshInterval:(pause:!t,value:0),time:(from:now-30d,to:now))&_q=(filters:!(),query:(language:kuery,query:'')) -- we would love your feedback

Resizing works for me but truncation settings are no longer respected it would seem. Raised: #5227

[gsmith-sas]

@kgcreative The new Discover 2 interface looks good...and it is very nice to (finally!) be able to resize the columns. Thanks for addressing this long-standing gap/annoyance. My only quibble with the new interface is that there seems to be a lot of wasted space in the field selection panel along the left-hand side: there seems like there's a lot of the padding around the individual fields AND the additional padding between each field. While that increases readability, it seems like we could easily show twice as many fields and still be very readable with half as much padding.

I just created a Dashboard and added a Saved Search panel to it. I had expected (hoped) to have the column resize capability in that object as well. But that doesn't appear to be the case; that's a bummer. I had assumed that it re-used the Discover interface components. We use saved Dashboards (within OpenSearch Dashboards) to provide our users with a curated view of the data for many of their use-cases.

[kgcreative]

@gsmith-sas Thanks for this feedback! -- see #4995, which feels related to this issue as well, since it has to do with the data table embeddable for Dashboards

Regarding padding and spacing, I think that's valid feedback. We could possibly tighten up spacing a bit more. @shanilpa, can you work with @ashwin-pc on ways to increase data density a bit more?