Comparison chart for DataGrid, PolyList, PolyGrid, list fields....

[Martin Koob]

Hi Richard

As far as others here are three I know of.


There is the Tree View widget in LiveCode that gives you a hierarchical list.
There is an explanation of that widget here:
https://livecode.fandom.com/wiki/Tree_view_widget <https://livecode.fandom.com/wiki/Tree_view_widget>

There is a third party product DataTree. 
https://www.nativesoft.net/products/datatree/ <https://www.nativesoft.net/products/datatree/>

Levure has its own version of the DataGrid, the DataView
https://github.com/trevordevore/levurehelper-dataview <https://github.com/trevordevore/levurehelper-dataview>
https://github.com/trevordevore/dataview_demo <https://github.com/trevordevore/dataview_demo>


Martin


> On Aug 18, 2022, at 6:29 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> If a newcomer needs to display a list, how can they know what to use?
> 
> Currently we have:
> 
> - list field
> - Table field
> - DataGrid
> - PolyGrid
> - PolyList
> - others?
> 
> Is there a chart listing the features of each that I can point new users to when this question comes up?
> 
> -- 
> Richard Gaskin
> Fourth World Systems
> 
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