SAP ABAP Advanced Cookbook

Adding checkboxes to columns

In this recipe, we will see how we can display checkboxes in a column in the ALV output. The user may select a checkbox and switch it on or off. Then, based on his or her selection, a button may be pressed and function executed. The primary emphasis of this recipe will be the display of checkboxes within a column and the coding to set it as on or off.

Getting ready

For this recipe, we will make a copy of the simple ALV program that was created in the beginning of the chapter. We will then add the checkbox-related coding to this copy.

How to do it...

For adding a checkbox column to your ALV program, follow these steps:

1. Add a new field CHECKBOX to the type TY_PA0008 defined in your program. The position of the field will ...