spreadsheet-like tables

Jon jbondy at sover.net
Sun Jul 10 19:44:38 EDT 2005


Ugh.  No way to edit values right in the tables?  Really?  Sigh


Sarah Reichelt wrote:

>> First off, what is the best way to present the user with tabular  
>> data?  I tried the "table", and it has lots of problems, at least  
>> the way I did it <sick grin>.  Any sample stacks out there for me  to 
>> study?  I had the most trouble allowing the user to edit the  data: 
>> the appearance of the table went to hell when the user  started 
>> modifying a field in the table.
>
>
> I would have the data in a standard list field with the tabStops set  
> to make the display look OK. When the user selects a line, pop the  
> different items into separate editable fields. Then have an "Apply  
> Edits" button that gathers up the edited data and puts it back into  
> the selected line of the data field.
>
> HTH,
> Sarah
>
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