[syncfusion_flutter_datagrid]: onQueryRowHeight doesn't correctly adjust the height of the row depend on the content.

[wartelski]

Bug description

I need to change the height of the row in case if the content inside of the cell gets bigger.

I found that the best solution for this is to use onQueryRowHeight. But, for some reason, it doesn't work as expected.

Here is an example

• when there is not enough space in the cell, the second button goes under the first button. That's expected behavior, and onQueryRowHeight does the correct job here.

 GridColumn(
            columnName: 'button',
            width: 100,
            label: Container(
              padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
              alignment: Alignment.center,
              child: const Text('Details'),
            ),
          ),

• when there is enough space in the cell and two buttons in the row, then for some reason the height is still the same as if the two buttons were under each other. onQueryRowHeight does NOT work properly in this case. Why is there so much height applied?

 GridColumn(
            columnName: 'button',
            width: 300,
            label: Container(
              padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
              alignment: Alignment.center,
              child: const Text('Details'),
            ),
          ),

without using onQueryRowHeight:

My expectation is:

• when there is enough space in the cell, it should look like this::

• when there is not enough space in the cell, it should look like this:

Thank you.

Steps to reproduce

1. apply onQueryRowHeight
2. add two buttons in the cell
3. make the width of the cell big enough, so the button will follow each other.

Code sample

Code sample

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:syncfusion_flutter_datagrid/datagrid.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(MaterialApp(
      title: 'Flutter Demo',
      theme: ThemeData(
        primarySwatch: Colors.blue,
      ),
      home: const SfDataGridDemo()));
}

class SfDataGridDemo extends StatefulWidget {
  const SfDataGridDemo({Key? key}) : super(key: key);

  @override
  _SfDataGridDemoState createState() => _SfDataGridDemoState();
}

class _SfDataGridDemoState extends State<SfDataGridDemo> {
  List<Employee> _employees = <Employee>[];
  late EmployeeDataSource _employeeDataSource;

  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    _employees = getEmployeeData();
    _employeeDataSource = EmployeeDataSource(_employees);
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        title: const Text('Flutter SfDataGrid'),
      ),
      body: SfDataGrid(
        source: _employeeDataSource,
        onQueryRowHeight: (details) {
          return details.getIntrinsicRowHeight(details.rowIndex);
        },
        columnWidthMode: ColumnWidthMode.fill,
        columns: [
          GridColumn(
            columnName: 'id',
            width: 50,
            label: Container(
              padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
              alignment: Alignment.center,
              child: const Text('ID'),
            ),
          ),
          GridColumn(
            columnName: 'name',
            width: 50,
            label: Container(
              padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
              alignment: Alignment.center,
              child: const Text('Name'),
            ),
          ),
          GridColumn(
            columnName: 'designation',
            width: 50,
            label: Container(
              padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
              alignment: Alignment.center,
              child: const Text('Designation'),
            ),
          ),
          GridColumn(
            columnName: 'button',
            width: 220,
            label: Container(
              padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
              alignment: Alignment.center,
              child: const Text('Details'),
            ),
          ),
        ],
      ),
    );
  }

  List<Employee> getEmployeeData() {
    return [
      Employee(10001, 'James', 'Project Lead '),
      Employee(10002, 'Kathryn', 'Manager'),
      Employee(10003, 'Lara', 'Developer'),
      Employee(10004, 'Michael', 'Designer'),
      Employee(10005, 'Martin', 'Developer'),
      Employee(10006, 'Newberry', 'Developer'),
      Employee(10007, 'Balnc', 'Developer'),
      Employee(10008, 'Perry', 'Developer'),
      Employee(10009, 'Gable', 'Developer'),
      Employee(10010, 'Grimes', 'Developer'),
    ];
  }
}

class EmployeeDataSource extends DataGridSource {
  EmployeeDataSource(List<Employee> employees) {
    buildDataGridRow(employees);
  }

  void buildDataGridRow(List<Employee> employeeData) {
    dataGridRow = employeeData.map<DataGridRow>((employee) {
      return DataGridRow(cells: [
        DataGridCell<int>(columnName: 'id', value: employee.id),
        DataGridCell<String>(columnName: 'name', value: employee.name),
        DataGridCell<String>(
            columnName: 'designation', value: employee.designation),
        const DataGridCell<Widget>(columnName: 'button', value: null),
      ]);
    }).toList();
  }

  List<DataGridRow> dataGridRow = <DataGridRow>[];

  @override
  List<DataGridRow> get rows => dataGridRow.isEmpty ? [] : dataGridRow;

  @override
  DataGridRowAdapter? buildRow(DataGridRow row) {
    return DataGridRowAdapter(
      cells: row.getCells().map<Widget>((dataGridCell) {
        return Container(
          alignment: Alignment.center,
          child: dataGridCell.columnName == 'button'
              ? LayoutBuilder(
                  builder: (BuildContext context, BoxConstraints constraints) {
                    return Wrap(
                      spacing: 4.0,
                      runSpacing: 4.0,
                      children: [
                        ElevatedButton(
                          onPressed: () {
                            showDialog(
                              context: context,
                              builder: (context) => AlertDialog(
                                content: SizedBox(
                                  height: 100,
                                  child: Column(
                                    mainAxisAlignment:
                                        MainAxisAlignment.spaceBetween,
                                    children: [
                                      Text(
                                          'Employee ID: ${row.getCells()[0].value.toString()}'),
                                      Text(
                                          'Employee Name: ${row.getCells()[1].value.toString()}'),
                                      Text(
                                          'Employee Designation: ${row.getCells()[2].value.toString()}'),
                                    ],
                                  ),
                                ),
                              ),
                            );
                          },
                          child: const Text('Details'),
                        ),
                        ElevatedButton(
                          onPressed: () {
                            showDialog(
                              context: context,
                              builder: (context) => AlertDialog(
                                content: SizedBox(
                                  height: 100,
                                  child: Column(
                                    mainAxisAlignment:
                                        MainAxisAlignment.spaceBetween,
                                    children: [
                                      Text(
                                          'Employee ID: ${row.getCells()[0].value.toString()}'),
                                      Text(
                                          'Employee Name: ${row.getCells()[1].value.toString()}'),
                                      Text(
                                          'Employee Designation: ${row.getCells()[2].value.toString()}'),
                                    ],
                                  ),
                                ),
                              ),
                            );
                          },
                          child: const Text('Details'),
                        ),
                      ],
                    );
                  },
                )
              : Text(
                  dataGridCell.value.toString(),
                  overflow: TextOverflow.ellipsis,
                ),
        );
      }).toList(),
    );
  }
}

class Employee {
  Employee(this.id, this.name, this.designation);
  final int id;
  final String name;
  final String designation;
}

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[abineshPalanisamy]

Hi @wartelski ,

After thoroughly analyzing the sample code and the details you provided, it appears that you have set the width for all columns. Additionally, you are using SfDataGrid.onQueryRowHeight to determine the height of rows based on the cell values.

By constraining the column widths, the values in the ID, Name, and Designation columns are being clipped. When using onQueryRowHeight, the height calculation is performed based on all cell values within the rows. Consequently, other column cell values contribute to a certain height, which results in the rowHeight being maintained even when a larger width is set for the button columns.

To avoid this issue and achieve the desired UI, you need to increase the width of the other columns, similar to what you have done for the button column. We have included a sample for your reference.

Sample: row_height.zip

As of now, the DataGrid does not have support to autofit the columns and rows based on size of the widget loaded in cells. We have already considered your request as a feature. We will implement this feature in any of our upcoming releases. At the planning stage for every release cycle, we review all open features and identify features for implementation based on specific parameters including product vision, technological feasibility, and customer interest. We appreciate your patience and understanding until then. You can follow up with the below feedback for further details,

Feedback link: 30155

Regards,
Abinesh P

[wartelski]

Hello @ashok-kuvaraja

Thank you for your response.
I have a couple of questions.

You saying "other column cell values contribute to a certain height, which results in the rowHeight being maintained even when a larger width is set for the button columns."

I found in the docs a property excludeColumns.
"excludeColumns – By default, the getIntrinsicRowHeight method calculates the row height based on all columns. To skip the specific columns from the row height calculation, add that column’s GridColumn.columnName to the excludeColumns collection." So, this I suppose could help, but it didn't.

And even if GridColumn has width: double.nan, I still have an issue making the hight of the row bigger when the content gets bigger.
With code like this:

 onQueryRowHeight: (details) {
          return details.getIntrinsicRowHeight(details.rowIndex, excludedColumns: ['id', 'name', 'designation']);
        },
        columnWidthMode: ColumnWidthMode.fill,
       columns: [
          GridColumn(
            columnName: 'id',
            label: Container(
              padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
              alignment: Alignment.center,
              child: const Text('ID'),
            ),
          ),
          GridColumn(
            columnName: 'name',
            label: Container(
              padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
              alignment: Alignment.center,
              child: const Text('Name'),
            ),
          ),
          GridColumn(
            columnName: 'designation',
            label: Container(
              padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
              alignment: Alignment.center,
              child: const Text('Designation'),
            ),
          ),
          GridColumn(
            columnName: 'button',
            label: Container(
              padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
              alignment: Alignment.center,
              child: const Text('Details'),
            ),
          ),
        ],

I have this problem:

And I'm not even talking about constraining the column widths, it is just simply responsive issue, on smaller screen it doesn't look right.

Defining a bigger width also will not help, because what if I will have 10 buttons in one cell, and in another one just 2 buttons.

Here is the project I'm working on, and the data is dynamic. As you can see the 2nd and 5th row is too big for no reason, but the 7th row makes sense.

But I guess there is no solution in syncfusion currently.

[abineshPalanisamy]

Hi @wartelski ,

In SfDataGrid, row height is calculated based on cell values. In your case, you are using an ElevatedButton widget as the cell value for the button column. Currently, the DataGrid does not support calculating the height and width of columns and rows based on the size of the widgets loaded in cells.

We have already considered your request as a feature and plan to implement it in one of our upcoming releases. During the planning stage of each release cycle, we review all open feature requests and prioritize them for implementation based on various factors, including product vision, technological feasibility, and customer interest.

We appreciate your patience and understanding. For further updates, please refer to the previously shared feedback.
Regards,
Abinesh P

[wartelski]

Okay, thanks.

[ashok-kuvaraja]

Hi @wartelski,

We are closing this issue now. You can follow the feedback link for further updates. If you need any further assistance, please reopen this. We are always happy to help.

Regards,
Ashok K

[wartelski]

Hello,

Any updates on this one?

Currently, the DataGrid does not support calculating the height and width of columns and rows based on the size of the widgets loaded in cells.

We have already considered your request as a feature and plan to implement it in one of our upcoming releases. During the planning stage of each release cycle, we review all open feature requests and prioritize them for implementation based on various factors, including product vision, technological feasibility, and customer interest.

[abineshPalanisamy]

Hi @wartelski ,

We will implement this feature in any of our upcoming releases. During the planning stage of each release cycle, we evaluate all pending features and choose those for development based on aspects like product strategy, technical viability, and user demand. We appreciate your patience and support in the meantime. Feel free to follow up with feedback on our previous response for more information.

Regards,
Abinesh P

[wartelski]

Hello,

It's been a while since my request. Any updates on this issue?