# Tables (rowtablearea2) and supporting props **URL:** \ **Category:** Forum\ **Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, NaturalONE, Natural-for-AJAX\ **Created:** [September 4, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/tables-rowtablearea2-and-supporting-props/172518 "2013-09-04T16:14:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Todd\_Beckwith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/todd_beckwith/32/388_2.png) [@Todd\_Beckwith](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Todd_Beckwith)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/tables-rowtablearea2-and-supporting-props/172518/1 "2013-09-04T16:14:35Z")
Is it possible for control properties such as statusprop, displayprop, visibleprop, etc. under a rowtablearea2 to be defined as single elements rather than under the lines array. I’d prefer to set a single logical to true/false for all lines under the grid rather than: field\_visible (1) := true field\_visible (2) := true or even: field\_visible (\*) := true Being able to define it as a single element would allow me to manage one variable for controls both within the grid and outside of it. Thanks for any help. ---
**Author:** ![Christine\_Zimmermann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@Christine\_Zimmermann](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Christine_Zimmermann)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 1:44pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/tables-rowtablearea2-and-supporting-props/172518/2 "2014-11-21T13:44:36Z")
Hi Todd, sorry, I missed that this question was not answered. The following hint might still help you and others: For visibleprop: In a grid use the GRIDCOLHEADER control instead to make a column visible or invisible. For displayprop, statusprop you can really achieve that corresponding fields are generated outside of the ARRAY as 1 field. Example: ```auto ``` For a rowtablearea2 with griddataprop=“lines” you will have the following Natural fields in the Natural adapter: ```auto 1 LINES (1:*) 2 MYFIELD (A) DYNAMIC 2 SELECTED (L) 1 MYSTATUSPROP (A) DYNAMIC ``` Best Regards, Christine ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/tables-rowtablearea2-and-supporting-props/172518/3 "2021-04-02T15:29:25Z")