Show/hide columns using display instead of visibility

Visibility was way simpler, but the table doesn't recalculate column widths until you use display:none;

This is now using the same method as the old products screen.
But we still need to update colspans..

app/webpacker/controllers/column_preferences_controller.js

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import { Controller } from "stimulus";
 
-
 // Manage column visibility according to checkbox selection
 //
 export default class ColumnPreferencesController extends Controller {
   connect() {
-    this.checkboxes = this.element.querySelectorAll('input[type=checkbox]');
+    this.checkboxes = this.element.querySelectorAll("input[type=checkbox]");
 
     for (const element of this.checkboxes) {
       // On initial load
@@ -22,12 +21,32 @@ export default class ColumnPreferencesController extends Controller {
     const name = element.dataset.columnName;
     const selector = `col[data-column-preferences-name="${name}"]`;
     const column = document.querySelector(selector);
+    const index = this.#getIndex(column);
 
     if (column == null) {
       console.error(`ColumnPreferencesController: could not find ${selector}`);
       return;
     }
 
-    column.style.visibility = (element.checked ? '' : 'collapse');
+    // Hide column definition
+    this.#showHideElement(column, element.checked);
+
+    // Hide each cell in column (ignore rows with colspan)
+    const rows = column.closest("table").querySelectorAll("tr:not(:has(td[colspan]))");
+    rows.forEach((row) => {
+      // Ignore cell if spanning multiple columns
+      const cell = row.children[index];
+      if (cell == undefined) return;
+
+      this.#showHideElement(cell, element.checked);
+    });
+  }
+
+  #getIndex(column) {
+    return Array.from(column.parentNode.children).indexOf(column);
+  }
+
+  #showHideElement(element, show) {
+    element.style.display = show ? "" : "none";
   }
 }

spec/system/admin/products_v3/products_spec.rb

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ RSpec.describe 'As an enterprise user, I can manage my products', feature: :admi
       within ofn_drop_down("Columns") do
         uncheck "Name"
       end
-      # expect(page).not_to have_selector "th", text: "Name" # column is not visible, but capybara doesn't understand yet.
+      expect(page).not_to have_selector "th", text: "Name"
       expect_other_columns_visible
 
       # Preference saved
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ RSpec.describe 'As an enterprise user, I can manage my products', feature: :admi
       within ofn_drop_down("Columns") do
         expect(page).to have_unchecked_field "Name"
       end
-      # expect(page).not_to have_selector "th", text: "Name"
+      expect(page).not_to have_selector "th", text: "Name"
       expect_other_columns_visible
     end