Oracle APEX – IG Simple Choice Column Plugin

By Karel October 4, 2024 6

Sharing an IG Column Item Plugin for instant multi-row editing of simple choices.

It enables the user to quickly select between two choices on multiple rows of the Interactive Grid without need to first click on the cell to get the input item visible. The type of Choice Item can be a Radio Group, Checkbox or Switch. Radio buttons can also be displayed as Pill buttons. The behavior is similar to the native APEX Interactive Grid Checkbox. A difference though is, using the plugin, the Interactive Grid will automatically be put in Edit Mode in case it isn’t yet. From this, change events will always be fired also, and any related Dynamic Action triggered.

Find the plugin in this github repository.

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6 COMMENTS

Forster JoachimOctober 19, 2024 22:54

Hi Karel,
Maybe you are working on or have an idea of how to implement 3 value Y/N/null ?
clickig a second time on the selected choice sets the value to null.
🙏
Best Regards
Joachim

KarelOctober 21, 2024 17:49

Hi Joachim,
Thanks for your feedback.
I’ve uploaded version 1.1 of the plugin in which you will find the option for Radio Groups to add the NULL option. The feature and behavior is same as the native Radio Group in APEX.
Cheers,
Karel.

Cayson HowardOctober 23, 2024 22:22

Thank you for this! I spent all morning today trying to find this exact thing and kept being told its impossible. You are a life saver.

KarelOctober 23, 2024 22:41

Hey Cayson, glad you find it useful. Enjoy!

MicheleOctober 31, 2025 00:27

Hi Karel, do you think it’s possible to use this in apex 21.2.3? The radio buttons are exactly how I need them but unfortunately we can’t update to the newer version of apex at the moment 🙁

KarelOctober 31, 2025 06:36

Hi Michele,
The plugin, as is, is forward compatible with 24.1. If it is an option for you, you could look at backporting the plugin to your version 21.2.3 using the sources and plugin definition under the src folder in github. The plugin is using the same approach as the APEX native IG checkbox column, and that one was introduced already in 20.2.
Regards,
Karel.