Boolean column

Introduction

Boolean fields show up often in admin tables — enabled flags, verification state, feature toggles. Orbit gives you three ways to display that state: icon check/X cells, the same icons via IconColumn, or plain Yes/No text.

BooleanColumn is a convenience column that is already an IconColumn with .boolean() applied — a check icon (success) when truthy, an X icon (danger) when falsy:

from almasix.orbit.tables import BooleanColumn

BooleanColumn.make("enabled")

BooleanColumn vs. IconColumn.boolean() vs. TextColumn.boolean()

All three read the same underlying state; they differ only in what renders:

API	Renders
BooleanColumn.make(...)	Check / X icons
IconColumn.make(...).boolean()	Same icons — customize with .true_icon() / .false_icon()
TextColumn.make(...).boolean()	"Yes" / "No" text

from almasix.orbit.tables import BooleanColumn, IconColumn, TextColumn

BooleanColumn.make("enabled")
IconColumn.make("verified").boolean().true_icon("heroicon-o-check")
TextColumn.make("featured").boolean()

Customizing the icons and colors

Because BooleanColumn is an IconColumn, every icon column helper works on it directly:

BooleanColumn.make("verified")
    .true_icon("heroicon-o-check")
    .false_icon("heroicon-o-x-mark")
    .true_color("info")
    .false_color("gray")

Full example

from almasix.orbit.tables import Table, TextColumn, BooleanColumn, IconColumn

Table.make("features").columns([
    TextColumn.make("name").searchable(),
    BooleanColumn.make("enabled").sortable().align_center(),
    IconColumn.make("verified")
        .boolean()
        .true_icon("heroicon-o-check")
        .false_icon("heroicon-o-x-mark")
        .align_center(),
    TextColumn.make("beta").boolean().label("Beta?"),
]).records([
    {"id": 1, "name": "Dark mode", "enabled": True, "verified": True, "beta": False},
    {"id": 2, "name": "AI summaries", "enabled": False, "verified": False, "beta": True},
])

Key methods

Method	Effect
.boolean()	Switch icon (or text, on TextColumn) mode on
.true_icon(...) / .false_icon(...)	Heroicon names (IconColumn / BooleanColumn)
.true_color(...) / .false_color(...)	Override the default success / danger colors
.size(...)	Icon size class
.color(str | callable)	Explicit color — wins over true/false color
.sortable() / .align_center()	Inherited shared helpers

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