Adding Hotspot to columns

It may also be required to display hotspots (similar to hyperlinks) for an entire column in the ALV display. Clicking a particular hotspot cell will take the user to another detail screen. In this recipe, we will add hotspot functionality to the PERNR column.

How to do it...

We will see how a particular column may be made to appear as a hotspot. We will also add the necessary code that is needed to carry out the steps needed for the hotspot selection. Proceed as follows:

1. We get access to the PERNR column and call the set_cell_type method for it. Then, we pass the hotspot static constant attribute of the if_salv_c_cell_type interface to it.

   

2. Next, we define the class myhotspot. Within the class definition, we create a static public method on_click_hotspot that will be called when a hotspot cell is clicked. This imports the row and column pertaining to the selection.

   

3. Within the implementation of this class, we read the row from the table IT_PA0008 that the user has selected...