Roland wrote Thu, 02 Apr 2020 04:08:51 -0700:
Thank you Roland for your detailed list of possible improvements to
modTableField
> + Selecting columns:
>
> marking selected columns
I will have to think about that
> + Dragging and dropping columns and rows
presently it is possible to drag
:-) I wasn’t arguing, just pointing out that before the data grid, the
community was practically begging RunRev for some kind of robust table object,
BECAUSE the table field was so unwieldy. That others have found ways in the
interim to enhance the table field is nothing short of astounding,
@ Bob S
Sure, you are right that the DG data grid supports most of what users might
wish to have.
My point was that there is a nice enhancement to the table field from Bernd
Niggemann and that it could even be further enhanced -- without arguing
about DG vs table field. Even if that would only
On 4/2/2020 10:35 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
As far as I am concerned, datagrids make table fields obsolete.
I agree.
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Not to belabor the point, but why would the data grid be overkill in relation
to a table field? In what way? Cell editing actually works great. Double click
a cell and edit the contents. Finding and getting data is far easier in a data
grid than in a table field.
dispatch findIndex to group
@Bernd Niggemann
The ModTableField is a great tool when the DG datagrid is an overkill. It
works very well for me. Thank you very much for the contribution, dear
Bernd.
+ Selecting columns:
What I added was the possibility to also select columns (hilite columns)
which is done using an overlay
