Fieldcatalog: column width

[Former Member]

Dear experts,

I try to set the width of one column in my fieldcatalog in this way:

CLEAR wa_field_catalog_detail.

     wa_field_catalog_detail-fieldname = 'MAKTX'.

     wa_field_catalog_detail-ref_field = 'MAKTX'.

     wa_field_catalog_detail-ref_table = 'MAKT'.

      wa_field_catalog_detail-outputlen = '40'.

     wa_field_catalog_detail-scrtext_s =  text-t09.

     wa_field_catalog_detail-edit = abap_false.

     APPEND wa_field_catalog_detail TO ta_field_catalog_detail.

But for some reason the column is onl that width as the description of it, but note 40 as I would like to have....

What could be a reason for it?

Thanks in advance!

Denis

[Former Member]

Hi, Denis!

Haven't you used layout-colwidth_optimize (OR cwidth_opt - depending on what type of ALV you have) flag?

[Former Member]

Hi!

I did use:

wa_layout_detail-cwidth_opt = 'X'.

But the width is enough only for column title and not for column content

[Former Member]

Hi! I've played with sample ALV and it seems that cwidth_opt overrides outputlen definition. Try to  switch off cwidth_opt temporarily and test it.

[Former Member]

Hello Denis,

I guess, if you set outputlen to 30, then it would only show the forst 30 characters. So I thinki it is about showing x characters and not the default width of the field.

Best regards,

Thomas Wagner

[former_member201275]

Column Optimize takes preference over Column Ouput Width.