| Make table editor behave more like Excel? [message #987605] |
Tue, 27 November 2012 10:14  |
 Torbjörn Karlsson
Messages: 1
Registered: November 2012 |
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Is it possible to make a table editor work like this, Excel style?
1. Start typing in an editable cell edits the cell
2. Pressing enter while standing on an editable cell opens the cell editor
3. Start typing in a cell (or pressing enter) that is not editable does nothing
4. Double-click opens the cell editor, like 2 above
5. Moving around in the table can be done with the arrow-keys, mouse or TAB (see no 6.)
6. Pressing TAB while standing on a cell moves to the next cell, SHIFT-TAB moves to the previous cell
7. Pressing enter in an open cell editor accepts the value and selects the current cell
8. Pressing tab in an open cell editor accepts the value and selects the next cell (but does not open the cell editor, if there is one)
9. Pressing escape in an open cell editor disregards the value and selects the current cell
10. Pressing tab in the last editable cell in the table should select the next available cell (if there is one, if not the current cell should be selected)
11. Pressing tab in the very last cell (the last cell is editable) should accept the value and select the current (last) cell
12. Item 10 and 11 should also work in the first editable cell and pressing SHIFT-TAB
Number 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9 are fairly simple and works more or less out of the box. It is the rest I need help with...
1.
Open the cell editor is fairly simple, but how do I save the value the user typed? If the user types the key "s" it should be the same as if the user pressed F2 (the activation key) followed by a "s". We are building a toolkit, so we can´t use TableItem.setData(Object) since we don´t know what type of data that backs up the table.
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Pressing TAB with no active cell editor moves focus to the next part of the workbench.
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I can make this work, with the exception seen in numbers 10, 11 and 12. My solution involved a addEditorActivationListener#beforeEditorActivated that canceled the current event (the current event would be the activation of the next cell editor) and created a new SWT.KeyDown event using keyCode == SWT.ARROW_RIGHT if the user pressed the TAB key. This does feel like a hack and does only work if there is another cell editor to traverse to. So it does not work for cases described in 10, 11 and 12.
10, 11 and 12.
I really have no idea how to solve these.
Any help appreciated,
/Torbjörn
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| Re: Make table editor behave more like Excel? [message #987656 is a reply to message #987605] |
Tue, 27 November 2012 13:16  |
Thomas Schindl
Messages: 6651
Registered: July 2009 |
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Am 27.11.12 14:07, schrieb Torbjörn Karlsson:
> Is it possible to make a table editor work like this, Excel style?
> 1. Start typing in an editable cell edits the cell
> 2. Pressing enter while standing on an editable cell opens the cell editor
> 3. Start typing in a cell (or pressing enter) that is not editable does
> nothing
> 4. Double-click opens the cell editor, like 2 above
> 5. Moving around in the table can be done with the arrow-keys, mouse or
> TAB (see no 6.)
> 6. Pressing TAB while standing on a cell moves to the next cell,
> SHIFT-TAB moves to the previous cell
> 7. Pressing enter in an open cell editor accepts the value and selects
> the current cell
> 8. Pressing tab in an open cell editor accepts the value and selects the
> next cell (but does not open the cell editor, if there is one)
> 9. Pressing escape in an open cell editor disregards the value and
> selects the current cell
> 10. Pressing tab in the last editable cell in the table should select
> the next available cell (if there is one, if not the current cell should
> be selected)
> 11. Pressing tab in the very last cell (the last cell is editable)
> should accept the value and select the current (last) cell
> 12. Item 10 and 11 should also work in the first editable cell and
> pressing SHIFT-TAB
>
> Number 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9 are fairly simple and works more or less out of
> the box. It is the rest I need help with...
>
> 1. Open the cell editor is fairly simple, but how do I save the value
> the user typed? If the user types the key "s" it should be the same as
> if the user pressed F2 (the activation key) followed by a "s". We are
> building a toolkit, so we can´t use TableItem.setData(Object) since we
> don´t know what type of data that backs up the table.
>
You need to subclass the TextCellEditor and there you get passed the
activation event. IIRC you should overload activate(...)
> 6. Pressing TAB with no active cell editor moves focus to the next part
> of the workbench.
>
You'd have to register a TraverseListener and cancel the TAB
> 8. I can make this work, with the exception seen in numbers 10, 11 and
You need to enable this through the TableViewerEditor interface where
you can pass a Tabbing-Stratefy.
10,11,12 are implemented if you enable the tab on your
TableViewerEditor#create()
If you really want to have an excel like feeling I'd use the Nebula-Grid
because it natively supports cell navigation and mimics Excel as much as
possible.
Tom
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