> Some things, though, can't easily be changed. Most of the changes you are
> suggesting would not be backward-compatible, meaning all of the code that
> uses those widgets would have to change. The long-term goal is for Table
> to
> be obsoleted by a new member of the qx.ui.virtual.* family (not yet
> written). Although the new virtual table will likely come into existence
> within the next year, it will still be a number of years, probably, before
> qx.ui.table.* can be dropped completely from the framework in favor of the
> new widget, again for backward-compatibility reasons. The current Table
> widget is given love and attention to ensure that it continues to work
> properly and serve its function, but making significant changes to its API
> is probably inappropriate at this point.

I'm not so sure. Especially given the perspective that the current Table
will continue to be used for some time might merit careful changes to the
API. Nobody wishes for API changes, but we have successfully managed those
in the past, so existing applications could be migrated with reasonable
effort. And there is probably still new code being written using the Table
class.

Nick, why don't you collect your findings in a bug. This is the best means
of fueling them into our development process. It doesn't mean they get
implemented any time soon, but they will be considered and are documented
for the time where API changes are deemed appropriate.

T.


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