I am looking for a re-usable method that will enable me to have a table on a page, which will allow me to click a value on that table, which would then display some meta-data related to that object.
For example, let’s assume I have the below table.
If I click the "Cost of Sales" value under the "2014" column (10,522), another view would appear displaying the meta-data, related to the specific value I've clicked.
Below is an example of what it would look like.
The meta-data view appears to the right and the meta-data is highlighted in yellow.
This is basically what I need and I’m not sure what it’s called. I’ve tried Googling for various terms that I thought were related to this but nothing useful seems to come up.
The closest question I could find on SO is here, but it's referring specifically to JavaScript and differs to my question. I've also checked this question out but the asker is referring to selecting a whole column using jquery which also differs.
I’m not aware of a specific name or how we refer to this type of functionality.
In short, I could describe this as the creation of an interactive table which allows me to click on a specific value in it, and view the meta-data which has been attached to it.
For the development of this, I’ll be using Visual Studio in a .NET environment with ASP.NET Web Forms. Server-side will be Microsoft SQL Server.
The objective is to end up with a re-usable solution but at this stage it would also be great to get some ideas as to where I can start.
Photo Source > https://www.xbrl.org/ixbrl-samples/valeo-income-statement-viewer.html#f-ixv-3
Please note that the above photo source refers to an iXBRL implementation. Although I am not seeking an iXBRL solution but a more general solution, the photos were chosen to illustrate the requirement.
