Idea Summary
Currently, Interactive Reports in Oracle APEX provide a built-in “Actions Menu” customization section in the component’s attributes, allowing developers to easily enable or disable specific menu features (e.g., Filter, Sort, Control Break, Highlight, Aggregate, etc.) without requiring custom code.
Interactive Grids, however, do not offer this same built-in UI configuration in the attributes pane. Developers who want to customize or limit the Interactive Grid Actions Menu must use JavaScript in the Initialization JavaScript Function to hide or disable menu items.
I propose adding native, declarative configuration options for the Interactive Grid Actions Menu—similar to what already exists for Interactive Reports—so that developers can manage these features directly from the Page Designer without custom JavaScript.
Use Case
- Developer Productivity: Reduces the need for writing custom JavaScript for common menu customizations.
- Consistency Across Components: Interactive Reports and Interactive Grids would share a similar configuration approach, making the development experience more consistent.
- Maintainability: Declarative settings are easier for other developers (or future maintainers) to understand compared to embedded JavaScript logic.
- Faster Prototyping: Rapidly enable/disable menu options without touching code.
Preferred Solution
In the Interactive Grid Attributes section of Page Designer, add an “Actions Menu” configuration pane that lists all menu items with toggle switches (on/off), similar to Interactive Reports:

This would provide a straightforward, built-in, declarative way to manage Interactive Grid menu options without requiring JavaScript.