CFgrid is the one of the most coolest ajax feature provided by coldfusion.
Here i have used a static Cfgrid to explain how we can hide and show the cfgrid columns.
comments are self explainatory
//Declare and define the Sql query VARIABLES.myQuery = "SELECT FIRSTNAME,LASTNAME,ADDRESS,CITY FROM ARTISTS"; //Store the Query Result into a variable VARIABLES.result = new Query(name="artGallery" , datasource="cfartgallery", sql=VARIABLES.myQuery).execute().getResult(); cfgrid javascript Example body{padding:30px;} Show/hide city column //This function show and hide the cfgrid column //it takes three arguments //id of the checkBox //Name of the Column which you want to hide //Width of the column var ShowHide = function(id,columnName,width){ if($("#"+id).is(':checked')) { ShowHideColumn(columnName,false,width); } else { ShowHideColumn(columnName,true,0); } }; var ShowHideColumn = function(columnName,boolValue,width){ // Get the grid object var gridObject = ColdFusion.Grid.getGridObject("mycfGrid"); // Get the column model var columnModel = gridObject.getColumnModel(); var columnNo = gridObject.colModel.getIndexById(columnName); //set the width of Cfgrid gridObject.colModel.setColumnWidth(columnNo,width); //This funtion show and hide column of cfgrid columnModel.setHidden(columnNo,boolValue); // reload the grid gridObject.reconfigure(gridObject.getStore(),columnModel); }