Visual Cell Merging

Revision history

Version	User	Date	Notes
0.1	Stefan Ivanov	Feb 21, 2019	Spec and design initial creation

Overview

Visually merging cells is a visual enhancement over the grid data, where a different style can be applied on consecutive cells within the same column with matching values. This reduces the cognitive perception of the grid and reduces the perceived visual complexity of the component, especially when large amounts of data are presented.

Objectives

User Stories

As an end user, I want to

be able to easily identify areas in the data where consecutive values match

User Interface

Expanded State Visually merged cells for records with a sequence of matching values in a certain column

Developer Stories

As a developer, I want to

provide visually merged areas of cells by configuring a property on the grid functionality is disabled by default
be able to customize the style of the merged cells area
expect that the visual merging happens within the limits of a given grid column