So, sounds like maybe this feature does not exist....I'd like to request it (given a dataset, I'd like to be able to show the column headers of that dataset in a select box). Thanks, Dan
On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Dan Tenenbaum <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I have some code that makes a plot and creates a legend from a given > column name in the user's input data, which may have arbitrary column > names. > > I'd like to create a dropdown list that has all the column names in > it, but I don't know the names beforehand; I won't know them until the > user uploads their data file. So all I can do is have a freeform text > box where I ask the user to type a column name, which seems > error-prone and ugly. > > I notice that the XY plotting tool has something sort of like this, > where it can tell how many columns are in your dataset and lets you > choose them, but it calls the columns "c1", "c2", etc. > My datasets have a header line with column names and I want to show > the actual column name, not reference them by column number. Is this > possible? > > Is there a solution to this? I have a number of use cases like this, > so it would be great if there was. > Thanks, > Dan ___________________________________________________________ Please keep all replies on the list by using "reply all" in your mail client. To manage your subscriptions to this and other Galaxy lists, please use the interface at: http://lists.bx.psu.edu/
