Freeze Pane

1 Apr 201912 minutes to read

Freeze pane allows you to keep a portion of the sheet visible, while scrolling through the rest of the worksheet.

The freeze pane can be applied in a following ways,

1. User Interface
2. Initial Load
3. Method

User Interface

Select any cell and on OTHERS tab click Freeze Panes in Freeze Panes dropdown list.

Initial Load

You can use allowFreezing property to enable or disable freeze pane in Spreadsheet.
To specify number of rows and columns to be frozen, use frozenRows and frozenColumns property in sheets.

The following code example describes the above behavior,

HTML

<ej-spreadsheet id="Spreadsheet">
    <e-sheets>
        <e-sheet [dataSource]= "spreadData" [frozenRows]="5" [frozenColumns]="2"></e-sheet>
    </e-sheets>
</ej-spreadsheet>

Create datasource for Person List in app/services/spreadsheet.service.js file. Refer the below code snippet to create datasource,

JAVASCRIPT

export class SpreadsheetService {
    getPersonList(): Array<any> {
        return [{ "SupplierID": 1, "CompanyName": "Exotic Liquids", "ContactName": "Charlotte Cooper", "ContactTitle": "Purchasing Manager", "City": "London", "PostalCode": "EC1 4SD", "Country": "UK" }, { "SupplierID": 2, "CompanyName": "New Orleans Cajun Delights", "ContactName": "Shelley Burke", "ContactTitle": "Order Administrator", "City": "New Orleans", "PostalCode": "70117", "Country": "USA" }, { "SupplierID": 3, "CompanyName": "Grandma Kelly's Homestead", "ContactName": "Regina Murphy", "ContactTitle": "Sales Representative", "City": "Ann Arbor", "PostalCode": "48104", "Country": "USA" }, { "SupplierID": 4, "CompanyName": "Tokyo Traders", "ContactName": "Yoshi Nagase", "ContactTitle": "Marketing Manager", "City": "Tokyo", "PostalCode": "100", "Country": "Japan" }, { "SupplierID": 5, "CompanyName": "Cooperativa de Quesos 'Las Cabras'", "ContactName": "Antonio del Valle Saavedra", "ContactTitle": "Export Administrator", "City": "Oviedo", "PostalCode": "33007", "Country": "Spain" }, { "SupplierID": 6, "CompanyName": "Mayumi's", "ContactName": "Mayumi Ohno", "ContactTitle": "Marketing Representative", "City": "Osaka", "PostalCode": "545", "Country": "Japan" }, { "SupplierID": 7, "CompanyName": "Pavlova, Ltd.", "ContactName": "Ian Devling", "ContactTitle": "Marketing Manager", "City": "Melbourne", "PostalCode": "3058", "Country": "Australia" }, { "SupplierID": 8, "CompanyName": "Specialty Biscuits, Ltd.", "ContactName": "Peter Wilson", "ContactTitle": "Sales Representative", "City": "Manchester", "PostalCode": "M14 GSD", "Country": "UK" }, { "SupplierID": 9, "CompanyName": "PB Knäckebröd AB", "ContactName": "Lars Peterson", "ContactTitle": "Sales Agent", "City": "Göteborg", "PostalCode": "S-345 67", "Country": "Sweden" }];
    }
}

JAVASCRIPT

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { SpreadsheetService } from './services/spreadsheet.service';

@Component({
  selector: 'ej-app',
  templateUrl: 'app/app.component.html',  //give the path file for spreadsheet control html file.
  providers: [SpreadsheetService]
})
export class AppComponent {
  public spreadData;
  constructor(public SpreadsheetService: SpreadsheetService) {
    this.spreadData = SpreadsheetService.getPersonList(); //Person List
  }
}

NOTE

The default value of allowFreezing property is true.

Method

You can freeze rows or columns using freezePanes method.

The following code example describes the above behavior,

HTML

<ej-spreadsheet #spreadsheet id="Spreadsheet">
    <e-sheets>
        <e-sheet [dataSource]= "spreadData"></e-sheet>
    </e-sheets>
</ej-spreadsheet>

JAVASCRIPT

import { Component, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { EJComponents } from 'ej-angular2';
import { SpreadsheetService } from './services/spreadsheet.service';

@Component({
  selector: 'ej-app',
  templateUrl: 'app/app.component.html',  //give the path file for spreadsheet control html file.
  providers: [SpreadsheetService]
})
export class AppComponent {
  public spreadData;
  constructor(public SpreadsheetService: SpreadsheetService) {
    this.spreadData = SpreadsheetService.getPersonList();  //Person list
  }
  @ViewChild('spreadsheet') xlObj: EJComponents<any, any>;
  ngAfterViewInit() {
    this.xlObj.widget.XLFreeze.freezePanes(5, 2);
  }
}

The following output is displayed as a result of the above behavior.

NOTE

When we apply freeze pane by selecting cell “A1”, rows and columns are frozen based on the middle cell in the worksheet.

Freeze Rows

It allows you to keep the certain number of rows visible while scrolling through the rest of the worksheet.

The freeze rows can be applied in a following ways,

1. Initial Load
2. Method

Initial Load

You can freeze rows using frozenRows property in sheets.

The following code example describes the above behavior,

HTML

<ej-spreadsheet id="Spreadsheet">
    <e-sheets>
        <e-sheet [dataSource]= "spreadData" [frozenRows]="3"></e-sheet>
    </e-sheets>
</ej-spreadsheet>

JAVASCRIPT

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { SpreadsheetService } from './services/spreadsheet.service';

@Component({
  selector: 'ej-app',
  templateUrl: 'app/app.component.html',  //give the path file for spreadsheet control html file.
  providers: [SpreadsheetService]
})
export class AppComponent {
  public spreadData;
  constructor(public SpreadsheetService: SpreadsheetService) {
    this.spreadData = SpreadsheetService.getPersonList(); //Person List
  }
}

Method

You can freeze rows using freezeRows method.

The following code example describes the above behavior,

HTML

<ej-spreadsheet #spreadsheet id="Spreadsheet">
    <e-sheets>
        <e-sheet [dataSource]= "spreadData"></e-sheet>
    </e-sheets>
</ej-spreadsheet>

JAVASCRIPT

import { Component, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { EJComponents } from 'ej-angular2';
import { SpreadsheetService } from './services/spreadsheet.service';

@Component({
  selector: 'ej-app',
  templateUrl: 'app/app.component.html',  //give the path file for spreadsheet control html file.
  providers: [SpreadsheetService]
})
export class AppComponent {
  public spreadData;
  constructor(public SpreadsheetService: SpreadsheetService) {
    this.spreadData = SpreadsheetService.getPersonList();  //Person list
  }
  @ViewChild('spreadsheet') xlObj: EJComponents<any, any>;
  ngAfterViewInit() {
    this.xlObj.widget.XLFreeze.freezeRows(3);
  }
}

The following output is displayed as a result of the above code example.

NOTE

On OTHERS tab click Freeze Top Row in FreezePanes dropdown list, to freeze top row. You can also freeze top row using freezeTopRow method.

Freeze Columns

It allows you to keep the certain number of column visible while scrolling through the rest of the work sheet.

The freeze columns can be applied in a following ways,

1. Initial Load
2. Method

Initial Load

You can apply freeze columns using frozenColumns property in sheets.
The following code example describes the above behavior

HTML

<ej-spreadsheet id="Spreadsheet">
    <e-sheets>
        <e-sheet [dataSource]= "spreadData" [frozenColumns]="3"></e-sheet>
    </e-sheets>
</ej-spreadsheet>

JAVASCRIPT

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { SpreadsheetService } from './services/spreadsheet.service';

@Component({
  selector: 'ej-app',
  templateUrl: 'app/app.component.html',  //give the path file for spreadsheet control html file.
  providers: [SpreadsheetService]
})
export class AppComponent {
  public spreadData;
  constructor(public SpreadsheetService: SpreadsheetService) {
    this.spreadData = SpreadsheetService.getPersonList();  //Person List
  }
}

Method

You can apply freeze columns using freezeColumns method.
The following code example describes the above behavior

HTML

<ej-spreadsheet #spreadsheet id="Spreadsheet">
    <e-sheets>
        <e-sheet [dataSource]= "spreadData"></e-sheet>
    </e-sheets>
</ej-spreadsheet>

JAVASCRIPT

import { Component, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { EJComponents } from 'ej-angular2';
import { SpreadsheetService } from './services/spreadsheet.service';

@Component({
  selector: 'ej-app',
  templateUrl: 'app/app.component.html',  //give the path file for spreadsheet control html file.
  providers: [SpreadsheetService]
})
export class AppComponent {
  public spreadData;
  constructor(public SpreadsheetService: SpreadsheetService) {
    this.spreadData = SpreadsheetService.getPersonList();  //Person list
  }
  @ViewChild('spreadsheet') xlObj: EJComponents<any, any>;
  ngAfterViewInit() {
    this.xlObj.widget.XLFreeze.freezeColumns(3);
  }
}

The following output is displayed as a result of the above code example.

NOTE

On OTHERS tab click Freeze First Column in FreezePanes dropdown list, to freeze left Column. You can also apply freeze first column using freezeLeftColumn method.

Unfreeze Pane

Unfreeze all the rows and columns to scroll through entire sheet.

The unfreeze pane can be applied in a following ways,

1. User Interface
2. Method

User Interface

On OTHERS tab click Unfreeze Panes in Freeze Panes dropdown list.

Method

You can unfreeze rows or columns using unfreezePanes method.

The following code example describes the above behavior,

HTML

<ej-spreadsheet #spreadsheet id="Spreadsheet">
    <e-sheets>
        <e-sheet [dataSource]= "spreadData"></e-sheet>
    </e-sheets>
</ej-spreadsheet>

JAVASCRIPT

import { Component, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
import { EJComponents } from 'ej-angular2';
import { SpreadsheetService } from './services/spreadsheet.service';

@Component({
  selector: 'ej-app',
  templateUrl: 'app/app.component.html',  //give the path file for spreadsheet control html file.
  providers: [SpreadsheetService]
})
export class AppComponent {
  public spreadData;
  constructor(public SpreadsheetService: SpreadsheetService) {
    this.spreadData = SpreadsheetService.getPersonList();  //Person list
  }
  @ViewChild('spreadsheet') xlObj: EJComponents<any, any>;
  ngAfterViewInit() {
    this.xlObj.widget.XLFreeze.freezePanes(5, 2);
    this.xlObj.widget.XLFreeze.unfreezePanes();
  }
}

The following output is displayed as a result of the above code example.