Polygrid sorting (problems)

[Bob Sneidar]

I think they are trying to be consistent with datagrid terminology, perhaps thinking that a tabular data object has become a new class of objects. 

Bob S


> On Aug 15, 2022, at 16:22 , Alex Tweedly via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
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> On 15/08/2022 20:34, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote:
>> So there is an example of sorting in the PolyGrid documentation under the entry for the MESSAGE "headerClick" and under the entry to the PROPERTY "text" (and in 'the text of me')
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>> The example code only sort the visible rows as "the text of widget X" returns the data of PolyGrid X as tab delimited, WITHOUT the column headers, but ONLY the visible rows.
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> I'm using (I think) the latest version (com.livecode.widget.polygrid.1.1.1) and I don't see that problem at all.
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> Both "the text and "the pgtext" return the entire grid (without headers).
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> I haven't tried csvdata or tsvdata (they're not listed in the dictionary, so I'd tend to avoid them if possible.
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> And come to think of it - why did they need to invent a new property name "pgText" ?  It seems to be a synonym for "the text", so would it not have been better to just use that ?  Full consistency with many other controls, no added "mental clutter", and "the text" colours nicely in the script editor, so more obvious if you mistype it.
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> Alex.
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