My use case is that I click a cell on the table, then click a button that will have some effect that depends on what cell in the table is highlighted. I suppose I can save the selection to a state variable in the table click event and use it in subsequent events. But this would logically lead me to consider that the table state should be what I saved. Unless there are use cases where having a table state in another event would cause some disruption or confusion.
As a slight aside, I have been wanting to get and set the selection of a table with wd commands, is that something you have thought about supporting? For example an option to wd'set table block...', that actually highlights the cells as if they were selected with the mouse and a corresponding get command to get the selection that was last highlighted. On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 4:05 PM, chris burke <[email protected]> wrote: > This was done originally because there is no obvious state that a table has > when a non-table event occurs, unlike say a checkbox which is either on or > off. What information there is can be captured when a table event occurs. > > However, we are open to suggestions on this, and it is easy to change. > > > On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Thomas Costigliola <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > If a table control is not the last control clicked it doesn't show up in > > form data. > > > > > > wd 0 : 0 > > > > pc f closeok; > > > > bin v; > > > > cc b button;cn button; > > > > cc t table 2 2; > > > > set t data A B C D; > > > > bin z; > > > > pshow; > > > > ) > > > > > > If I click the button then: > > > > > > wd'qd' > > > > ┌────────────┬────────┐ > > > > │syslocalep │Special │ > > > > ├────────────┼────────┤ > > > > │syshwndp │89319136│ > > > > ├────────────┼────────┤ > > > > │syshwndc │89605104│ > > > > ├────────────┼────────┤ > > > > │syslastfocus│ │ > > > > ├────────────┼────────┤ > > > > │sysmodifiers│0 │ > > > > ├────────────┼────────┤ > > > > │sysdata │ │ > > > > └────────────┴────────┘ > > > > > > But when I click in the table then: > > > > > > wd'qd' > > > > ┌────────────┬────────┐ > > > > │syslocalep │Special │ > > > > ├────────────┼────────┤ > > > > │syshwndp │89319136│ > > > > ├────────────┼────────┤ > > > > │syshwndc │89605104│ > > > > ├────────────┼────────┤ > > > > │syslastfocus│ │ > > > > ├────────────┼────────┤ > > > > │sysmodifiers│0 │ > > > > ├────────────┼────────┤ > > > > │sysdata │ │ > > > > ├────────────┼────────┤ > > > > │t │0 1 │ > > > > ├────────────┼────────┤ > > > > │t_select │0 0 1 1 │ > > > > └────────────┴────────┘ > > > > > > And clicking the button again: > > > > > > wd'qd' > > > > ┌────────────┬────────┐ > > > > │syslocalep │Special │ > > > > ├────────────┼────────┤ > > > > │syshwndp │89319136│ > > > > ├────────────┼────────┤ > > > > │syshwndc │89605104│ > > > > ├────────────┼────────┤ > > > > │syslastfocus│ │ > > > > ├────────────┼────────┤ > > > > │sysmodifiers│0 │ > > > > ├────────────┼────────┤ > > > > │sysdata │ │ > > > > └────────────┴────────┘ > > > > > > This goes for event data too. I need to process the table from another > > control's event. Is there any way to do this? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
