DataGrid: setting dgProps["column widths"]

[klaus at major.on-rev.com]

Hi Trevor,

> On May 7, 2009, at 8:45 AM, klaus at major.on-rev.com wrote:
>> From the docs:
>> ...
>> column widths
>> - Allows you to set all column widths at once. Line delimited list  
>> of integers.
>> ...
>> A couple of qustions:
>> 1.
>> I checked the 10,000,000 lines of script of btn "DataGrid" in your  
>> library :-)
>> and it looks like this should be a COMMA separated list, right?
>> Just like:
>> ..
>> put the dgProps["column widths"] of grp "DataGrid"
>> ..
>> -> 120,100,110,50 = COMMA separated list, should be consistent I  
>> think.
>
> Yes, it should be a comma delimited list of integers.
> The issue is with the repeat loop in the dgProp setprop for "column  
> widths". Currently it says:
> repeat for each item theColumn in the dgProps["columns"] of me
> It should read as follows since columns are line delimited:
> repeat for each line theColumn in the dgProps["columns"] of me
> If you make the change it should start working.

Great, will do, thanks!

2 minutes later:
Done and works, way cooool :-)

>> 4.
>> What will (should) happen if we supply too few/many items in the  
>> list like:
>> ...
>> set the dgProps["column widths"] of grp "DataGrid" to "100,100"
>> ## Given there are more or less than 2 columns in the datagrid
>> ...
>
> The code loops through the actual columns and assigns the item in  
> the list you provide to the width of that column. If you supply to  
> few integers then an error will occur. If you supply too many then  
> the extras will be ignored.

OK, but maybe you could implement the same behavior as in the  
"tabstops" in Rev?
This way the last "column witdh" would be "repeated" if we supply to  
few items?
Know what I mean? That would be very nice :-)

> Regards,
>
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> Trevor DeVore
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Best

Klaus

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