Table shift to left when one column hide in jasper table? - jasper-reports

Question

I am using jasper report and trying to make RTL report. My problem is that when I am hiding my column in table using printWhenExpression based on some condition my table shift to left. I am using below code to hide column in table.
<jr:column width="160" uuid="f9b26e92-337e-4fb9-a091-4a81469c6c49">
<printWhenExpression><![CDATA[System.getProperty("vehicle.event.uid.enabled").equals("true")]]></printWhenExpression>
<jr:columnHeader style="ColumnHeader" height="30" rowSpan="1">
<textField>
<reportElement style="ColumnHeader" x="0" y="0" width="160" height="30" uuid="b4043ada-2580-4602-9262-3791ce3c0807"/>
<textElement>
<font size="8" isBold="true" isItalic="false"/>
</textElement>
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$R{target.external.id}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
</jr:columnHeader>
<jr:detailCell style="table_TD" height="20" rowSpan="1">
<textField isBlankWhenNull="true">
<reportElement style="TableTextContent" x="0" y="0" width="160" height="20" isPrintWhenDetailOverflows="true" uuid="9dc36daa-d5e5-417c-831d-ff1b92ef1b79"/>
<textElement>
<font size="8" isBold="false" isItalic="false"/>
</textElement>
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[$F{personExternalId}]]></textFieldExpression>
</textField>
</jr:detailCell>
</jr:column>
is there is any way so that my table should not shift to left when one of its column which is on left in that table is dynamically hide?

Answer 1

If you want to keep the column and does not want text, remove print when condition on column and add it to text expression :
<textFieldExpression><![CDATA[System.getProperty("vehicle.event.uid.enabled").equals("true")?$R{target.external.id} : ""]]></textFieldExpression>