This Visualforce page contains apex:pageBlockTable to demonstrate a few different concepts.
- Sortable Columns in an apex:pageBlockTable
- Alphabet Filter that filters on the current sorted column
- Use of the ApexPage StandardSetController
- Selecting an individual record in the table using a link
- Selecting multiple records with a column of checkboxes using a Sub Class(Wrapper Class) to hold the boolean value.
Both single and multiple record selection were included for demonstration. Most actual projects would only require one type, and I thought it would be easy to cut whatever was not needed. The search for the Billing Address fields was consolidated into one field to make the interface simpler. Below is an example of what the Visualforce table looks like with the alphabet filter, sorted columns, address search, and checkbox record selection.
Before jumping into the code, I wish I could reference and say thanks to the source that I used as a starting point for the alphabet filter. I’ve found similar code, but not the original. I’m grateful for the help others have provided and will update this if I find it.
public with sharing class TableExampleController {
// account and selection set/variables
private list AccountList {get; set;}
private set AccountSelectedSet;
public Integer AccountSelectedCount {get; set;}
public String SelectedOneAccount {get; set;}
// selection and filter
public list AlphaList {get; set;}
public String AlphaFilter {get; set;}
public String SearchName {get; set;}
public String SearchBillingAddress {get; set;}
private String SaveSearchName;
private String SaveSearchBillingAddress;
private String QueryAccount;
// display sort and number
public String RecPerPage {get; set;}
public list RecPerPageOption {get; set;}
public String SortFieldSave;
/***
* TableExampleController - Constructor initialization
***/
public TableExampleController(){
AccountList = new list();
AccountSelectedSet = new set();
//records for page initialization
RecPerPageOption = new list();
RecPerPageOption.add(new SelectOption('10','10'));
RecPerPageOption.add(new SelectOption('25','25'));
RecPerPageOption.add(new SelectOption('50','50'));
RecPerPageOption.add(new SelectOption('100','100'));
RecPerPageOption.add(new SelectOption('200','200'));
RecPerPage = '10'; //default records per page
// initialization alpha list
AlphaList = new list {'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'I', 'J', 'K', 'L', 'M', 'N', 'O', 'P', 'Q', 'R', 'S', 'T', 'U', 'V', 'W', 'X', 'Y', 'Z', 'Other', 'All'};
SortFieldSave = SortField;
// alpha filter, use page parameter or set default to all
if (apexpages.currentpage().getparameters().get('alpha') == null) {
AlphaFilter = 'All';
} else {
AlphaFilter = apexpages.currentpage().getparameters().get('alpha');
}
// list generation
BuildQuery();
}
/***
* StdSetControllerAccount - paging through the Account list
***/
public ApexPages.StandardSetController StdSetControllerAccount {
get {
if(StdSetControllerAccount == null) {
StdSetControllerAccount = new ApexPages.StandardSetController(Database.getQueryLocator(QueryAccount));
// sets the number of records in each page set
StdSetControllerAccount.setPageSize(Integer.valueOf(RecPerPage));
}
return StdSetControllerAccount;
}
set;
}
/***
* getCurrentAccountList - return an Account list for the table
***/
public list getCurrentAccountList() {
UpdateAccountSelectedSet();
AccountList = new list();
for (Account a : (list)StdSetControllerAccount.getRecords()) {
AccountList.add(new AccountSubClass(a, AccountSelectedSet.contains(a.Id)));
}
return AccountList;
}
/***
* UpdateAccountSelectedSet - add/remove accounts from the selected account id list
***/
public void UpdateAccountSelectedSet(){
for(AccountSubClass a : AccountList ){
if(a.aCheckBox == true) {
AccountSelectedSet.add(a.aAccount.Id);
} else {
if(AccountSelectedSet.contains(a.aAccount.Id)) {
AccountSelectedSet.remove(a.aAccount.Id);
}
}
}
AccountSelectedCount = AccountSelectedSet.size();
}
/***
* ClearAccountSelectedSet - remove selected accounts and initialize counter
***/
public PageReference ClearAll(){
AccountList.clear();
AccountSelectedSet.clear();
AccountSelectedCount = 0;
SearchName = '';
SearchBillingAddress = '';
SaveSearchName = '';
SaveSearchBillingAddress = '';
AlphaFilter = 'All';
BuildQuery();
return null;
}
/***
* SearchAccount - set search criteria fields and refresh Account table
***/
public PageReference SearchAccount() {
SaveSearchName = SearchName;
SaveSearchBillingAddress = SearchBillingAddress;
BuildQuery();
return null;
}
/***
* BuildQuery - build query command for list selection change
***/
public void BuildQuery() {
StdSetControllerAccount = null;
String QueryWhere = '';
if (AlphaFilter == null || AlphaFilter.trim().length() == 0) {
AlphaFilter = 'All';
}
QueryAccount = 'SELECT Id, Name, BillingStreet, BillingPostalCode, BillingCountry, BillingCity, BillingState ' +
' FROM Account';
if (AlphaFilter == 'Other') {
QueryWhere = BuildWhere(QueryWhere, '(' + String.escapeSingleQuotes(SortField) + ' < \'A\' OR ' +
String.escapeSingleQuotes(SortField) + ' > \'Z\') AND (NOT ' +
String.escapeSingleQuotes(SortField) + ' LIKE \'Z%\') ');
} else if (AlphaFilter != 'All') {
QueryWhere = BuildWhere(QueryWhere, '(' + String.escapeSingleQuotes(SortField) + ' LIKE \'' + String.escapeSingleQuotes(AlphaFilter) + '%\')' );
}
if (SaveSearchName != null) {
QueryWhere = BuildWhere(QueryWhere, ' (Name LIKE \'%' + String.escapeSingleQuotes(SaveSearchName) + '%\')');
}
if (SaveSearchBillingAddress != null) {
QueryWhere = BuildWhere(QueryWhere, '((BillingStreet LIKE \'%' + String.escapeSingleQuotes(SaveSearchBillingAddress) + '%\') or' +
' (BillingCity LIKE \'%' + String.escapeSingleQuotes(SaveSearchBillingAddress) + '%\') or' +
' (BillingState LIKE \'%' + String.escapeSingleQuotes(SaveSearchBillingAddress) + '%\') or' +
' (BillingPostalCode LIKE \'%' + String.escapeSingleQuotes(SaveSearchBillingAddress) + '%\') or' +
' (BillingCountry LIKE \'%' + String.escapeSingleQuotes(SaveSearchBillingAddress) + '%\'))');
}
QueryAccount += QueryWhere;
QueryAccount += ' ORDER BY ' + String.escapeSingleQuotes(SortField) + ' ' + String.escapeSingleQuotes(SortDirection) + ' LIMIT 10000';
system.debug('QueryAccount:' + QueryAccount);
}
/***
* BuildWhere - build soql string for where criteria
***/
public String BuildWhere(String QW, String Cond) {
if (QW == '') {
return ' WHERE ' + Cond;
} else {
return QW + ' AND ' + Cond;
}
}
/***
* SortDirection - return sort direction. Default ascending(asc)
***/
public String SortDirection {
get { if (SortDirection == null) { SortDirection = 'asc'; } return SortDirection; }
set;
}
/***
* SortField - return sort by field. Default to Name
***/
public String SortField {
get { if (SortField == null) {SortField = 'Name'; } return SortField; }
set;
}
/***
* SortToggle - toggles the sorting of query from asc<-->desc
***/
public void SortToggle() {
SortDirection = SortDirection.equals('asc') ? 'desc NULLS LAST' : 'asc';
// reset alpha filter and sort sequence when sorted field is changed
if (SortFieldSave != SortField) {
SortDirection = 'asc';
AlphaFilter = 'All';
SortFieldSave = SortField;
}
// run the query again
BuildQuery();
}
/***
* DoSomethingOne - do something with one selected account
***/
public PageReference DoSomethingOne() {
system.debug('SelectedOneAccount: ' + SelectedOneAccount);
return null;
}
/***
* DoSomethingMany - do something with many selected accounts
***/
public PageReference DoSomethingMany() {
for (Id AccountId : AccountSelectedSet) {
system.debug('Checked: ' + AccountId);
}
return null;
}
/***
* AccountSubClass - Sub-Class to hold Account and checkbox for the table
***/
public class AccountSubClass {
public Boolean aCheckBox {get;set;}
public Account aAccount {get;set;}
// sub-class initialization
public AccountSubClass(Account a, Boolean chk){
aAccount = a;
aCheckBox = chk;
}
}
}
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Hi Dave…thanks so much, this is very helpful! I need to be able to build this as an editable grid with the sorting and filtering with one Save button to update all records. I have edited the code from outputField to inputField and the sort and filter works great. Now I just need a way to save all the updates. What would be the method to build for this? TIA!
-Pam
You would need a save method that performed an update on Accounts that had changed in the AccountList. You could try creating a map of accounts in the getCurrentAccountList method before it displayes on the page, so you know which records were edited. The account put into the map would need to be cloned, so it didn’t share the same memory. Then in the save you could compare the AccountList to the map, and update only the records that had changed.
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Here is another implementation of searchable table with pagination: http://blogforce9.blogspot.com/2013/11/pageblocktableenhanceradv-yet-another.html
Helpfull & Informative … thanks!
Thank you for sharing this code! It was exactly what I needed for a client implementation! I hope that someday I am a good enough programmer to share such great content.
This post is really helpful , and more over sorting here used controller , unlike many blogs,,which suggested to use JQuery,
This saved a worthy time.
Thanks and all the best ,,,