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| Table "grid" visible only for rows that actually exist? [message #445710] |
Tue, 09 November 2004 20:55  |
 Eddie Galvez
Messages: 103
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We're having some trouble appreciating the Table widget. On windows, when
you set the "lines visible" property to true, you indeed get a grid, but
that grid doesn't look very "disabled" to me. We have had users think they
can click and edit rows even when none exist.
Another spin to the same problem is the fact that new rows, well, have no
graphical representation; that is, no border color, no "thicker grid
lines"...
What can I do to avoid confusing users? For now, we are resorting to
select()ing the newly added row (so at least a highlight color goes over the
new row, reassuring users a row has been added).
Thank you,
Eddie
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| Re: Table "grid" visible only for rows that actually exist? [message #445747 is a reply to message #445710] |
Wed, 10 November 2004 14:50  |
Steve Northover
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The table widget is the native table control for the platform. You can see
it in other applications on the desktop. It draws how it draws which is by
definition, the correct look for the platform. Hopefully, your users have
seen native tables in other applications and won't get confused.
"Eddie Galvez" <eddie@streambase.com> wrote in message
news:cmrars$3nb$1@eclipse.org...
> We're having some trouble appreciating the Table widget. On windows, when
> you set the "lines visible" property to true, you indeed get a grid, but
> that grid doesn't look very "disabled" to me. We have had users think they
> can click and edit rows even when none exist.
>
> Another spin to the same problem is the fact that new rows, well, have no
> graphical representation; that is, no border color, no "thicker grid
> lines"...
>
> What can I do to avoid confusing users? For now, we are resorting to
> select()ing the newly added row (so at least a highlight color goes over
the
> new row, reassuring users a row has been added).
>
> Thank you,
> Eddie
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>
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| Re: Table "grid" visible only for rows that actually exist? [message #445767 is a reply to message #445747] |
Wed, 10 November 2004 19:29 |
Eddie Galvez
Messages: 103
Registered: July 2009 |
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What is the proper way to get the columns to set their widths initially
so that all columns cover the entire width of the table (thus the "last
column" won't be visible)? I've seen pack(), which seems to squish the
width to the smallest possible, and I know I can set the widths in
absolute terms, but I don't know where to start.
Thanks,
Eddie
Steve Northover wrote:
> The table widget is the native table control for the platform. You can see
> it in other applications on the desktop. It draws how it draws which is by
> definition, the correct look for the platform. Hopefully, your users have
> seen native tables in other applications and won't get confused.
>
> "Eddie Galvez" <eddie@streambase.com> wrote in message
> news:cmrars$3nb$1@eclipse.org...
>
>>We're having some trouble appreciating the Table widget. On windows, when
>>you set the "lines visible" property to true, you indeed get a grid, but
>>that grid doesn't look very "disabled" to me. We have had users think they
>>can click and edit rows even when none exist.
>>
>>Another spin to the same problem is the fact that new rows, well, have no
>>graphical representation; that is, no border color, no "thicker grid
>>lines"...
>>
>>What can I do to avoid confusing users? For now, we are resorting to
>>select()ing the newly added row (so at least a highlight color goes over
>
> the
>
>>new row, reassuring users a row has been added).
>>
>>Thank you,
>>Eddie
>>
>>
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| Re: Table "grid" visible only for rows that actually exist? [message #445795 is a reply to message #445767] |
Thu, 11 November 2004 14:45 |
Veronika Irvine
Messages: 1272
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See:
http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/org.eclipse.swt.sni ppets/src/org/eclipse/swt/snippets/Snippet77.java?rev=HEAD&a mp;content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup
"Eddie Galvez" <eddie@streambase.com> wrote in message
news:cmtq57$nha$1@eclipse.org...
> What is the proper way to get the columns to set their widths initially so
> that all columns cover the entire width of the table (thus the "last
> column" won't be visible)? I've seen pack(), which seems to squish the
> width to the smallest possible, and I know I can set the widths in
> absolute terms, but I don't know where to start.
>
> Thanks,
> Eddie
>
> Steve Northover wrote:
>> The table widget is the native table control for the platform. You can
>> see
>> it in other applications on the desktop. It draws how it draws which is
>> by
>> definition, the correct look for the platform. Hopefully, your users
>> have
>> seen native tables in other applications and won't get confused.
>>
>> "Eddie Galvez" <eddie@streambase.com> wrote in message
>> news:cmrars$3nb$1@eclipse.org...
>>
>>>We're having some trouble appreciating the Table widget. On windows, when
>>>you set the "lines visible" property to true, you indeed get a grid, but
>>>that grid doesn't look very "disabled" to me. We have had users think
>>>they
>>>can click and edit rows even when none exist.
>>>
>>>Another spin to the same problem is the fact that new rows, well, have no
>>>graphical representation; that is, no border color, no "thicker grid
>>>lines"...
>>>
>>>What can I do to avoid confusing users? For now, we are resorting to
>>>select()ing the newly added row (so at least a highlight color goes over
>>
>> the
>>
>>>new row, reassuring users a row has been added).
>>>
>>>Thank you,
>>>Eddie
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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